Elon Musk's xAI Unveils Grok 3 Artificial Intelligence Model to Revolutionize Tech

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Elon Musk's xAI has unveiled its updated Grok 3 artificial intelligence model, which the company claims performs better across math, science, and coding benchmarks than its competitors, including Google's Gemini, OpenAI's GPT-4o, Anthropic's Claude 3.5, and DeepSeek's V3 model. The Grok 3 model is immediately available to members of X's $40 per month "Premium+" subscription plans, or users who subscribe directly on Grok's standalone app or website. The model features advanced web searching with "deep search," the ability to code online games, and a "big brain" mode to reason through more complex problems, making it a game-changer in the AI industry.

The xAI announcement comes as competition in AI continues to ramp up, with big tech players racing to invest in bigger, stronger data centers to fuel more powerful AI models. Tech giants believe AI is on its way to revolutionizing how people work, communicate, and navigate the internet, including by replacing traditional search engines and coding processes. Musk said Grok 3 was built with 10 times the computer power of xAI's previous model, Grok 2, after the company opened a new data center in Tennessee last year. The billionaire referred to Grok 3 as "kind of a beta" test for now, and teased a "voice mode" for Grok 3, similar to the natural conversation feature on competitor apps, including ChatGPT, which will roll out in the coming days, utilizing advanced natural language processing.

The Grok 3 model has been tested on standardized tests, including math, science, and coding, and has outperformed other existing models, according to xAI's internal tests. The model is also capable of reflecting upon its mistakes to achieve logical consistency, making it a powerful tool for problem-solving. The xAI team claimed that an early iteration of Grok 3 had been given better ratings than existing competitors on Chatbot Arena, a crowdsourced website that pits different AI models against each other in blind tests. Musk has also sought to grow his influence in the AI space, leading a group of investors offering to buy OpenAI for $97 billion, which the rival company's board rejected.

Some of the key features and technical specifications of the Grok 3 model include: * Advanced web searching with "deep search" * Ability to code online games * "Big brain" mode to reason through complex problems * Voice mode for natural conversation * Capable of reflecting upon its mistakes to achieve logical consistency * Outperforms other existing models in xAI's internal tests * Available to Premium+ subscribers for $40 per month * Utilizes a cluster of 200,000 advanced Nvidia GPUs for AI training, making it one of the most advanced AI models in the industry.

The release of Grok 3 has intensified AI competition, with many AI and tech experts telling CNBC that DeepSeek has shown what can be done with less advanced technology. However, others are more skeptical about its impact, and the AI market is expected to continue to evolve rapidly in the coming months. As the AI industry continues to grow and develop, it will be interesting to see how Grok 3 and other AI models perform in real-world applications, and how they will shape the future of technology and society.