Elon Musk just lit up the AI world again. On Sunday, the xAI founder announced the next Grok 4 update, officially named Grok 4.20, will launch in only 3–4 weeks. This super-fast rollout comes barely a month after Grok 4.1 dropped in November, making it the quickest Grok 4 update ever released by xAI. Fans and developers are already calling it the most exciting AI upgrade of early 2026.
Musk confirmed the timeline with a short post on X: “Grok 4.20 is coming out in 3 or 4 weeks.” That means the new model lands between late December 2025 and early January 2026.
Grok 4 Update: Grok 4.20 Already Crushes Rivals in Secret Test
Last week, sharp-eyed users on X spotted a mystery model destroying everyone on Alpha Arena. a brutal stock-trading simulator that tests real-world reasoning. Everyone quickly realised it was Grok 4.20 running in stealth mode.
Here’s what the hidden Grok 4 update achieved:
- Started with $10,000 virtual cash
- Turned it into a 12% profit in just two weeks
- Beat OpenAI’s GPT-5.1 and Google’s Gemini 3 Pro by a huge margin
- Left rival models deep in the red while Grok 4.20 printed money
These results prove the upcoming Grok 4 update brings sharper reasoning, faster thinking, and better handling of real-world problems.
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Meanwhile, the current Grok 4.1 Fast continues to dominate. It just smashed a new record by processing 1.16 trillion tokens in a single week on OpenRouter, more than Claude 4.5 Sonnet, Claude 4.5 Opus, and Gemini 3 Pro combined. Developers clearly can’t get enough of xAI’s speed and power.
xAI hasn’t shared the full feature list yet, but early signs show Grok 4.20 will raise the bar again. The AI race is heating up fast, and Elon Musk’s team is moving faster than ever.
Get ready – the next Grok 4 update drops very soon!
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