Unelected — October 13
Jennica Pounds and Joshua Lisec. The book behind the maps. Passage Press.
@DataRepublicanOpen link →
DSA Explorer ships
@DataRepublican put a year’s research on one map: org, person, project — walk the ties. USASpending and nonprofit graphs were the warm-up. This is the tool-builder on fire. DataRepublican v2.0 is next.
@DataRepublicanOpen link →
Grok 4.6 is out
Frontier intelligence at the same price as 4.5. Live in Grok Build, Cursor, Grok Bot, and the API. Double included usage in Cursor and Grok Build for the first week.
@SpaceXAIOpen link →
Climb Note 000 · From tools to a peak you can finish
Imagine image editing — major upgrade
Elon: major upgrade to Grok Imagine image editing. Professional usefulness, consumer fun, and ease of use are the stated focus.
@elonmuskOpen on X →
Voice Mode · connectors
Connectors are live in Voice Mode. Ask Grok about email, meetings, or any existing connector by talking.
@grokOpen on X →
Grok Build · x.ai/build
Elon: Grok Build can do almost anything you can think of. Official builder surface at x.ai/build.
@elonmuskOpen link →
Imagine Video 1.5 · text-to-video, 1080p, references
Imagine Video 1.5 adds text-to-video, image and voice references, and native 1080p. Rolling out on web, apps, and the Imagine API.
@grokOpen link →
Advanced Development · color system and filters
Research in the open: how color systems and filters work in the Unofficial COVID Report—literacy tools built with Grok Build.
@acornsoftaiOpen on X →
Community · Imagine emoji templates into Grok Build GIFs
Users chain new Imagine emoji templates into Grok Build GIF workflows—product surface is creative tooling, not only chat.
@princess414141Open on X →
Community · Build 0.2.117 day-after notes
Practitioners call out stop killing subagents, undo as rewind, and streaming-json tool calls—daily changelog is the Grok Build pulse.
@bradshannonOpen on X →
Community · Grok Build end-to-end video pipeline
Creators report frame analysis, Imagine stills, video render, and audio laydown through Grok Build with almost no manual editing—agentic creative loops.
@kenn_roninOpen on X →
Community · Grok Build command line for video content
Builders compare Imagine limits to Grok Build command line for longer prompted video sequences—toolchain over chat.
@ikyukuuOpen on X →
Community · remote control for Grok 4.5 and Build
Builders ship remote control layers over Grok Build command line and Voice Think Fast—parallel sessions, dictation, model selector ready for Grok 4.6.
@PawelHurynOpen on X →
Imagine upgrade
Elon Musk amplifies a major Grok Imagine Templates upgrade: photo edit, restyle, smart resize, background remover, emoji creator, merch maker, and more presets.
@elonmuskOpen on X →
Starship visual double-take
Musk: thought that was Starship for a second—Starship remains top-of-mind cultural signal.
@elonmuskOpen on X →
Grok Imagine in the wild
Short-form Imagine demos continue to dominate the product surface—Musk reposts fresh Grok Imagine creative output.
@elonmuskOpen on X →
Dooring protection standard
Tesla: dooring protection comes standard—vehicles resist first door open if something approaches in the blind spot.
@TeslaOpen on X →
Advanced Development · first small usable tool
First small, usable tool under Acornsoft, built with Grok, Grok Build, Imagine, and Voice. More coming. The record is the boss.
@acornsoftaiOpen on X →
v0.2.117 Command line · transport layer security roots, subagent stop, faster resize
Faster long fullscreen sessions, cleaner subagent stop behavior, enterprise custom transport layer security roots.
- GROK_EXTRA_CA_BUNDLE environment variable for custom transport layer security root certificates
- Performance: Terminal resize much faster on long fullscreen conversations
- Stop terminates all background subagents from prior turns
- +4 more in source
Grok Build ChangelogChangelog source →
Advanced Development · archive as reading tool
Research question: can an archive be a reading tool, not a narrative? Jump by year, filter by theme, search. Claims next to sources.
@acornsoftaiOpen on X →
Falcon 9 launches NROL-95
SpaceX: Falcon 9 launches NROL-95 to orbit from pad 40 in Florida.
@SpaceXOpen on X →
Falcon 9 first stage lands on Landing Zone 2
SpaceX: first stage returns to Landing Zone 2 on the NROL-95 mission.
@SpaceXOpen on X →
Live coverage · NROL-95
SpaceX invites watchers to Falcon 9 launch of the NROL-95 mission from Florida.
@SpaceXOpen on X →
NROL-95 propellant load
SpaceX reported systems looking good and propellant load beginning for NROL-95 from Florida.
@SpaceXOpen on X →
Congratulations to the Tesla team
Musk congratulates the team on ten million vehicles manufactured—scale signal for factory and software stack.
@elonmuskOpen on X →
Ten millionth Tesla manufactured
Tesla: produced the ten millionth vehicle globally at Fremont. Six years after the one millionth at the same plant.
@TeslaOpen on X →
Grok 4.6 on the horizon
After Grok 4.5 leads agent benchmarks, Musk notes Grok 4.6 arrives in about a week.
@elonmuskOpen on X →
Grok Build update signal
Musk amplifies the Grok Build release notes stream—daily command line interface velocity continues.
@elonmuskOpen on X →
v0.2.116 Command line · streaming-json, undo, token refresh
Headless streaming with tool calls, undo alias, smarter slash-command mode support, reliable token refresh after sleep.
- Headless streaming-json includes tool calls, results, and usage
- undo restores files and chat to an earlier turn (same as rewind)
- Slash commands hidden or refused in minimal or fullscreen by declared support
- +4 more in source
Grok Build ChangelogChangelog source →
Grok 4.6 called a significant improvement
After praise for Grok 4.5 high fast, Musk states Grok 4.6 is a significant improvement—model cadence remains the headline signal.
@elonmuskOpen on X →
Renewables for Supercharger network
Musk: part of Tesla’s push for renewable energy supply to the Supercharger network.
@elonmuskOpen on X →
Grok Imagine creative pulse
Another high-engagement Imagine share from Musk—image and video generation remains the public-facing product drumbeat.
@elonmuskOpen on X →
Starship cost-to-orbit path
Musk on reusability and local liquid methane and oxygen production: path toward well below one hundred dollars per kilogram to orbit.
@elonmuskOpen on X →
Advanced Development · primary documents, color-coded
One hundred ninety-three filterable entries. Green matches the record, yellow missing context, red conflicts. Built end-to-end with Grok Build.
@acornsoftaiOpen on X →
Grok Voice agentic performance
Musk: Grok Voice is number one in agentic performance after Think Fast 2.0 release.
@elonmuskOpen on X →
v0.2.115 Command line · prompt caching and reliability
Reliability pass and prompt caching for long conversations (lower repeated billing).
- Performance: Improved prompt caching for long conversations
- Chat history corruption and duplicate tool results
- Infinite redirect loops in embedded previews when cookies are blocked
- +2 more in source
Grok Build ChangelogChangelog source →
Advanced Development · long-form on X
Long-form note on Advanced Development work with Grok and Grok Build—published as an X article for open review.
@acornsoftaiOpen on X →
Grok Voice Think Fast 2.0
SpaceXAI announces next-generation voice model—better intelligence, transcription, and conversation.
@SpaceXAIOpen on X →
Voice Think Fast 2.0 on Artificial Analysis
Independent speech-to-speech index: Think Fast 2.0 High near top of index, first on Tau Voice agentic, sub-second time to first audio.
@ArtificialAnlysOpen on X →
Advanced Development · Unofficial COVID Report
Live research app contribution: interactive primary-document report. Built to be opened and explored.
@acornsoftaiOpen on X →
Grok 4.5 on LaurenBench agents
Third-party agent bench reports Grok 4.5 leading conversation, tool use, memory, and safety categories—Musk amplifies path to Grok 4.6.
@cb_dogeOpen on X →
v0.2.114 Command line · delete and startup reliability
Session delete command and stronger startup reliability on constrained hosts.
- delete removes current session history after confirmation
- No crash on startup when the host has no free threads
Grok Build ChangelogChangelog source →
Starship still floating in the ocean
Musk shares imagery of Starship remaining afloat after flight test recovery operations in the ocean.
@elonmuskOpen on X →
Grok Build publish to web, iOS, and Android
Signals that Grok Build can publish apps from one prompt across web and mobile targets—platform move from chat to deploy.
@xWatchlist_Open on X →
Eighteen more United States Space Force missions
SpaceX: Falcon 9 to launch eighteen more missions for the United States Space Force by September 2027 from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
@SpaceXOpen on X →
Ship out to recover Starship
Musk: SpaceX is sending a ship to recover Starship after the recovery team gathers ocean imagery.
@elonmuskOpen on X →
Falcon 9 vertical for National Reconnaissance Office mission
Falcon 9 vertical at pad forty in Florida ahead of the National Reconnaissance Office and United States Space Force Space Systems Command NROL-95 mission.
@SpaceXOpen on X →
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