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Nov 4, 2026 16 min

Grok 4 - 10 New Things to Know

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Grok 4 is here, but did you know these 10 things about the new model? From benchmark caveats to soloing science, $300 a month secrets to Grok 5 promises, here's 10 new things to know in just under 12 minutes.AI Insiders ($9!): https://www.patreon.com/AIExplainedChapters:00:00 - Introduction00:22 - Benchmark Results02:11 - Benchmark Caveats02:59 - ARC-AGI 2 03:35 - SimpleBench04:49 - ‘Humanity’s Last Exam’07:20 - SuperGrok Heavy Price07:58 - API Price08:12 - Grok 5, Gemini 3.0 Beta, GPT-509:12 - System Prompt Change + $1B a month, pollution10:20 - Not soloing science, helping you solo codeLivestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tQ_KrlHgfg&t=1sPrice: https://grok.com/#subscribehttps://x.com/ArtificialAnlys/status/1943166841150644622Gemini DeepThink: https://blog.google/technology/google-deepmind/google-gemini-updates-io-2025/#deep-thinkhttps://simple-bench.com/ARC-AGI 2: https://x.com/arcprize/status/1943168950763950555Humanity’s Last Exam: https://agi.safe.ai/SmartGPT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVade_8H8mENew Power Plant, 1m GPUs: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/elon-musk-xai-power-plant-overseas-to-power-1-million-gpusGemini 3.0 beta: https://web.archive.org/web/20250709174548/https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/blob/b0cce952860b9ff51a0f731fbb8a7649ead23530/packages/cli/src/ui/utils/errorParsing.test.tsPollution: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/apr/24/elon-musk-xai-memphishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8rU4dv2w8Qhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VJT2JeDCywSystem Prompt: https://github.com/xai-org/grok-prompts/blob/535aa67a6221ce4928761335a38dea8e678d8501/ask_grok_system_prompt.j2Burn Rate: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-17/musk-s-xai-burning-through-1-billion-a-month-as-costs-pile-upRon Johnson: https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1939814516503847259Non-hype Newsletter: https://signaltonoise.beehiiv.com/Podcast: https://aiexplainedopodcast.buzzsprout.com/

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