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X discussion: Grok Imagine's official account posts Episode 1 of an AI-made Odyssey series (about 7 minutes, 4K), drawing 2.4M views and a debate over whether AI video can carry a long story

At 19:23 UTC on 2026-10-23, the official Grok Imagine account (@imagine) posted Episode 1 of its Odyssey series (post), saying it was made with Grok Imagine in a creative collaboration with Wonder Studios (@WonderStudiosX) and director Dev Walker (@glumlot_). The video runs about 7 minutes 12 seconds and is served in a 3840x2160 version. When we pulled it, the post had about 12,055 likes, 1,275 reposts, 433 quotes, 974 replies and 2.4M views, and the account asked whether people want a full breakdown of how it was made. Discussion on X kept growing over the past half day: supporters see it as AI video moving from short clips to whole episodes, while critics point to uneven acting and visible AI artifacts. This is an X discussion presented as opinions, not a verdict on the film's quality.

Key Takeaways

  • Main post: official Grok Imagine post, published 19:23 UTC on 10-23, with about 12,055 likes, 1,275 reposts, 433 quotes, 974 replies, 6,361 bookmarks and 2.4M views when we pulled it
  • What the account says: made with Grok Imagine, in collaboration with Wonder Studios and director Dev Walker; the video is about 7 minutes 12 seconds and comes in a 4K (3840x2160) version
  • The account asked whether people want a full breakdown of how it was made; no workflow, clip count or cost has been published yet
  • Opinions are split: some say AI video can now ship by the episode and that directing and storyboarding matter more than the model; others criticize uneven acting and visual artifacts
  • Treated as an X discussion; production-day and asset counts circulating online are not confirmed by the official account, so we do not use them
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Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite hits the API: workhorse text/image-to-video from $0.02/s at 480p, about a quarter of Video 1.5's list price

On 2026-10-08 xAI shipped grok-imagine-video-1.5-lite in the Grok Imagine API: text/image-to-video with native lip-synced audio, 1–15 s, at $0.02/s (480p), $0.03/s (720p), and $0.14/s (1080p, upscaled from 720p). No reference images, voices, or keyframes; those stay on Video 1.5 ($0.08/s). Batch API supported; no quality evals published.

Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite hits the API: workhorse text/image-to-video from $0.02/s at 480p, about a quarter of Video 1.5's list price

Key Takeaways

  • Pricing: $0.02/s 480p, $0.03/s 720p, $0.14/s 1080p
  • List price: Lite $0.020/s vs Video 1.5 $0.080/s, about 1/4
  • Specs: text/image-to-video, 1–15 s, native lip-synced audio; 1080p upscaled from 720p
  • Not supported: reference images (1.5: up to 14), voice refs, first/last frames, keyframes
  • Access: Batch API, 10 RPS, us-east-1/us-west-2; no quality benchmarks published
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⚡ grok-imagine-video-1.5-lite⚡ grok-imagine-video-1.5🌐 xAI