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Feb
Elon Musk’s xAI is no longer just playing defense. For months, Grok was tucked away behind a premium subscription on X (formerly Twitter). But as of early 2026, the strategy has shifted from a closed garden to an open battlefield. With the launch of the Grok “Imagine” API, xAI is officially inviting developers to build their own apps using the model's creative and visual powers. The core of this update is the image-generation capability. By opening this up via API, xAI is directly challenging the dominance of Midjourney and OpenAI’s DALL-E. Developers can now plug Grok’s “unfiltered” creative engine into…