AI THREAT TRACKER / EV-050 · Model release

xAI launches Grok 4

Native tool use and live search become part of the Grok reasoning model.

Model labxAI

TopicsModel release

OCCURRED9 Jul 2025

PUBLIC ACCOUNT9 Jul 2025

EVIDENCEFirst-party account

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Date of the developer announcement or dated release record.

xAI launched Grok 4 with native tool use and real-time search, making it available through subscriptions and an API. xAI ↗

Sources & attribution

Organizational disclosure 9 Jul 2025
xAI launches Grok 4 ↗
xAI. Original developer announcement.
Organizational disclosure 19 Feb 2025
grok 3 beta release announcement ↗
xAI. Original developer announcement.