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New model: Grok 4.6 (xAI)

XAI released Grok 4.6 on 2026-08-12, a multimodal model supporting text, image, and PDF inputs with a 500k context window and 500k max output tokens. The model is available under the identifiers grok-4.6, xai/grok-4.6, and microsoft/grok-4.6, with no announced retirement date.

read1 min views1 publishedSep 3, 2026
New model: Grok 4.6 (xAI)
Image: Llmstatus (auto-discovered)

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xAI · grok-4.6

Released2026-08-12 Retiresno announced date

groktext+image+pdf500k context500k max out

also matches:

grok-4.6

xai/grok-4.6

microsoft/grok-4.6

provider announcement → Does your code call Grok 4.6?

$ curl -fsSL https://llmstatus.ai/install.sh | bash

Then mm status

in any repo — it finds every model you use and flags the ones on a clock. No account, nothing uploaded.

Get alerted before it retires →

source & further reading
llmstatus.ai — original article New model: GPT-5.6 Luna (Global) (Amazon) GPT-5.3 Chat (latest) deprecated New model: Gemini 3.8 Flash (Google)
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