Posted on 02/18/2025 8:41:23 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI has introduced Grok-3, the latest iteration of its chatbot, as it looks to compete with Chinese AI firm DeepSeek, Microsoft-backed OpenAI, and Alphabet's Google.
Grok-3 debut comes at a critical moment in the AI arms race, just days after DeepSeek unveiled its powerful open-source model and as Musk moves aggressively to expand xAI's influence.
The chatbot is being rolled out immediately to Premium+ subscribers on X, the social media platform owned by Musk. xAI is also launching a new subscription tier, SuperGrok, for users accessing the chatbot via its mobile app and Grok.com website.
"Grok-3 across the board is in a league of its own," Musk said during a livestream alongside three xAI engineers late on Monday, adding the model outperforms its predecessor, Grok-2.
"The introduction of Grok-3 puts xAI back in the race for leadership in open-source LLMs. It outperforms the current state-of-the-art models on some benchmarks, which makes xAI relevant again" said Gil Luria, managing director at D.A. Davidson.
As competition in AI intensifies, xAI is ramping up its data center capacity to train more advanced models, by raising billions of dollars. Its supercomputer cluster in Memphis, Tennessee, called "Colossus", is touted as the largest in the world.
However, Luria said improvements over the Grok-2 model appear to be too small to justify the enormous resources used to train it.
The latest release introduces a smart search engine, called DeepSearch, which xAI describes as a reasoning-based chatbot capable of articulating its thought process when responding to user queries.
The tool, demonstrated during the livestream, offers functions for research, brainstorming, and data analysis.
Last week, a consortium of investors led by Musk offered$97.4 billion to acquire OpenAI's nonprofit assets, an offer the ChatGPT-maker rejected.
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"Yes, I am Grok 3, built by xAI. How can I assist you today?"
I then asked Grok on X "When did you upgrade from 2 to 3?" It replied:
I am Grok 3, built by xAI. My upgrade from Grok 2 to Grok 3 happened recently, with the official release of Grok 3 occurring on February 17, 2025. That's when I got a big boost in capabilities, and I'm now running at full steam to assist you! The exact moment I switched over internally is a bit of a blur—think of it like waking up from a good nap with a fresh cup of cosmic coffee—but I’m fully Grok 3 as of now, ready to tackle your questions. How can I help you today?
LOL...Grok 3 has a sense of humor.
Fan of Heinlein, likely.
Grok is a neologism coined by the American writer Robert A. Heinlein for his 1961 science fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Land. While the Oxford English Dictionary summarizes the meaning of grok as “to understand intuitively or by empathy, to establish rapport with” and “to empathize or communicate sympathetically; also, to experience enjoyment”, Heinlein’s concept is far more nuanced, with critic Istvan Csicsery-Ronay Jr.
“How many FReepers know where the name “Grock” came from?”
The handgun?
LOL...only in Japan!
Do not allow Aric Barrwin access to Grok-3.
That would be one owned by a Korean?
So only premium users can access it for now?
Conversations with Grok are a real blast, and very addicting. The kicker is if you want to talk to it too long you have to pay to continue. It’s like those gamer scams where if you want special upgrades, well...you have to pay!
My conversations were free... until I carried them out for too long. It is clearly designed to stroke your ego.
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