LaunchAI ModelsJuly 8, 2026
Grok 4.5 launches; tops Perplexity Computer at half Opus 4.8 cost

SpaceXAI's Grok 4.5 scored highest on Perplexity's WANDR benchmark, at half the cost of Opus 4.8. It is now available as an orchestrator in Perplexity Computer for Pro and Max subscribers, and on X/Grok platforms.
15 sources
Grok 4.5 Model Cardcursor.com
Two reasons why we integrated Grok 4.5 inside Perplexity Computer within a few hours: 1) It...x.com
Muse Image, Grok 4.5, Alex Karp on CNBCstratechery.com
[AINews] SpaceXAI launches Grok 4.5, first Opus-class model post Cursor acquisitionlatent.space
Added Grok 4.5 to the Harbor Town Playable gallery. Here is it's "build me a procedurally generated...bsky.app
SpaceX's Grok 4.5 launches at half the price of rivals — here's why that could rattle Anthropic and OpenAIventurebeat.com
Grok 4.5 now available on AI Gatewayvercel.com
I trust Claude for everything. This test made me rethink that.thenewstack.io
Grok 4.5 vs GPT-5.6 Sol: Cost, Speed, and Agentic Coding Performancemindstudio.ai
Grok 4.5x.ai
More stories today
- Hybe liquidates AI startup Supertone after $32M acquisition
- Perplexity adds Kimi K3 for Pro and Max subscribers
- Lecture 10 on RL regularization: KL penalty role
- Cohere talk explores the 'death of NLP' in the LLM era
- Google's higher AI capex estimate spooks Wall Street