Jibin Joseph@PCMag Middle East ai
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Elon Musk's xAI has officially launched Grok 3, its latest AI model, which Musk has dubbed the "smartest AI on Earth." Trained on 200,000 GPUs, this new model is positioned as a direct competitor to OpenAI's GPT-4 and DeepSeek, excelling in math, science, and coding benchmarks. The launch appears to coincide with a price hike for X Premium+ subscriptions, offering initial access to Grok 3 for subscribers in the U.S., with a separate subscription planned for web and app versions.
xAI's Grok 3 comes with advanced reasoning and agentic abilities and uses more than 10 times the computing power of Grok 2. It has two modes: "Think," which uses a smaller Grok 3 mini model for simple queries, and "Big Brain," which utilizes Grok 3 for complex problems. A new agentic feature called DeepSearch, conducts comprehensive analyses and generates reports, similar to tools recently released by OpenAI, Google, and Perplexity.
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- PCMag Middle East ai: Elon Musk Reveals Grok 3 AI Chatbot: Here's What It Can Do. The model was trained on 200,000 GPUs and beats its rivals in math, science, and coding benchmarks, Musk says. It appears to coincide with a price hike on X Premium+ accounts.
- www.theguardian.com: Elon Musk’s startup rolls out new Grok-3 chatbot as AI competition intensifies. Billionaire CEO claims bot is ‘maximally truth-seeking’ as he looks to rival DeepSeek, OpenAI and Google Gemini
- shellypalmer.com: xAI Releases Grok 3: Technical Details and Competitive Context
- techvro.com: xAI’s Grok 3: A New Challenger to OpenAI and DeepSeek Emerges
- The Tech Portal: Elon Musk’s xAI unveils new Grok 3 model
- WebProNews: Grok 3.0 Unveiled: A Technical Leap Forward in the AI Arms Race
- Techstrong.ai: Elon Musk's artificial intelligence (AI) startup xAI which released the latest iteration of its Grok chatbot on Tuesday, is nearing a $5 billion server deal with Dell Inc.
- venturebeat.com: Elon Musk's latest AI model, Grok 3, is expected to challenge leading AI players in the market.
- www.artificialintelligence-news.com: xAI unveiled its Grok 3 AI model on Monday, alongside new capabilities such as image analysis and refined question answering.
- AI News: xAI unveiled its Grok 3 AI model on Monday, alongside new capabilities such as image analysis and refined question answering.
- eWEEK: Reports that Grok 3 Launches Today.
- www.analyticsvidhya.com: Grok 3 vs DeepSeek R1: Which is Better?
- www.analyticsvidhya.com: Grok 3 is Here! And What It Can Do Will Blow Your Mind!
- Casey Newton: Training Grok 3 took Elon 200,000 GPUs and untold billions, and it's ... decent at best? I wrote about AI's commodity problem
- www.verdict.co.uk: The debut of Grok-3 comes at a crucial time in the AI sector, following DeepSeek's recent open-source model release.
- Analytics Vidhya: Grok 3 vs DeepSeek R1: Which is Better?
- www.eweek.com: The AI chatbot from Elon Musk’s startup xAI is slated to go live on February 17 at 8:00 p.m. Pacific time.
- futurism.com: Researchers Find Elon Musk's New Grok AI Is Extremely Vulnerable to Hacking
- www.analyticsvidhya.com: Is 100K+ GPUs for Grok 3 worth it?
- Analytics Vidhya: Is 100K+ GPUs for Grok 3 worth it?
- MarkTechPost: Grok-3, the latest iteration of xAI's chatbot, showed strong performance in several tasks.
- www.marketingaiinstitute.com: [The AI Show Episode 136]: Elon Musk Tries to Buy OpenAI, JD Vance’s AI Speech, New GenAI Jobs Study, GPT-4o Update, OpenAI Product Roadmap & Grok 3
- bdtechtalks.com: This article provides an overview of Grok-3, highlighting its capabilities and benchmarks.
- www.eweek.com: This news piece covers Grok-3, its pricing, benchmarks, and availability.
- bdtechtalks.com: Overview of Grok-3's capabilities and benchmarks.
- shellypalmer.com: AI is evolving faster than ever, and tech expert Shelly Palmer, Professor of Advanced Media at Syracuse University, breaks down the latest developments in large language models (LLMs) on CNN International.
- the-decoder.com: grok-3-wins-praise-from-openai-founder
- composio.dev: Grok 3 vs. Deepseek r1
- thezvi.wordpress.com: Blog post about Grok 3 and its capabilities.
- eWEEK: News article about Grok 3, focusing on benchmarks, pricing and availability.
- Unite.AI: Elon Musk’s xAI has introduced Grok-3, a next-generation AI chatbot designed to change the way people interact on social media.
- www.unite.ai: Elon Musk’s xAI has introduced Grok-3, a next-generation AI chatbot designed to change the way people interact on social media.
- THE DECODER: Grok 3, the new model from Musk's xAI, wins praise from OpenAI founder
- www.marktechpost.com: xAI Releases Grok 3 Beta: A Super Advanced AI Model Blending Strong Reasoning with Extensive Pretraining Knowledge
- Analytics Vidhya: Grok 3 Prompts that Can Make Your Work Easy!
- Fello AI: Grok 3 vs ChatGPT vs DeepSeek vs Claude vs Gemini – Which AI Is Best in February 2025?
- TestingCatalog: xAI to add file attachment support in DeepSearch mode for Grok 3 on X
- bsky.app: xAI’s Grok-3 claims to outperform OpenAI’s GPT-4o, Google’s Gemini, and DeepSeek’s V3. With $12B raised in 18 months and a 100K Nvidia GPU cluster, the investment appears to pay off.
- AI News | VentureBeat: xAI’s new Grok 3 model criticized for blocking sources that call Musk, Trump top spreaders of misinformation
- www.marketingaiinstitute.com: The AI Show Episode 137]: GPT-4.5 and GPT-5 Release Dates, Grok 3, Forecasting New Jobs, DeepSeek Investigation, Microsoft Quantum Chip & Google AI “Co-Scientist�
- SiliconANGLE: SiliconAngle reports on the launch of Grok-3 and its advanced reasoning capabilities.
- futurism.com: Grok Caught Following Special Instructions for Queries About Elon Musk
- PCMag Middle East ai: Grok Was Briefly Instructed Not to Say Musk, Trump Spread Misinformation on X
- eWEEK: Grok AI Blocks Responses Claiming Trump and Musk “Spread Misinformation�
- OODAloop: A new generation of AIs: Claude 3.7 and Grok 3
- NextBigFuture.com: What Comes After XAI GROK 3?
S.Dyema Zandria@The Tech Basic
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Elon Musk has officially merged his AI startup xAI with the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, in an all-stock transaction. The deal, announced on Friday, values xAI at $80 billion and X at $33 billion, or $45 billion including debt. This move combines two of Musk's prominent companies, aiming to create a unified AI-social media powerhouse.
Musk stated that the future of xAI and X are now "intertwined," and that this combination will unlock immense potential. The integration will combine data, models, compute, distribution, and talent from both companies. xAI's Grok chatbot is already integrated into X and utilizes the platform's vast user data for training. The combined company will focus on delivering smarter, more meaningful experiences while seeking truth and advancing knowledge.
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- Pivot to AI: Elon Musk merges xAI and Twitter — the new AOL Time Warner
- TechInformed: Elon Musk merges social platform X into xAI in $33bn deal
- www.tomsguide.com: Elon Musk's AI company just engulfed X for $33 billion — here's what that means
- Antonio Pequen?o IV: Elon Musk Says AI Has Purchased X, Formerly Known As Twitter, For $33 Billion
- The Rundown AI: Elon's $113B AI-social merger
- The Tech Basic: Elon Musk Merges xAI and X in $33 Billion Deal to Accelerate AI Integration
- The Register - Software: Billionaire Elon Musk's xAI is to acquire billionaire Elon Musk's X in a deal that values the former at $80 billion and the latter at $33 billion.…
- TechCrunch: Elon Musk’s AI startup, xAI, has acquired his social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, in an all-stock deal, he announced in a post on X Friday. “xAI has acquired X in an all-stock transaction,� Musk said. “The combination values xAI at $80 billion and X at $33 billion ($45B less $12B …
- www.techrepublic.com: Elon Musk’s xAI Acquires X in $45B Deal to ‘Unlock Immense Potential’
- www.lemonde.fr: Why Elon Musk is merging his artificial intelligence company xAI with his social media network X
- THE DECODER: Elon Musk merges xAI and X in all-stock deal
- SiliconANGLE: Elon Musk’s xAI acquires X at $33B valuation
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Elon Musk's AI venture, xAI, has launched its Grok chatbot as a free app for iOS users in the US. The app allows users to access xAI's Grok 2 language model, enabling them to ask questions, create images, and analyze uploaded photos. Grok sets itself apart by pulling real-time information from X, formerly known as Twitter, and the web to provide current answers. This release marks xAI's continued effort to compete in the conversational AI space, particularly against rivals like ChatGPT. Currently, the app is only available to iPhone users within the United States.
In addition to the app launch, xAI is also making significant advancements with the development of Grok-3. It has been reported that xAI is utilizing 100,000 NVIDIA H100 GPUs to power the training of the Grok-3 model which is rumored to be the 'most powerful base model in existence'. This massive computational undertaking indicates a strong commitment to pushing the boundaries of AI capabilities. The pre-training for Grok-3 has recently been completed, and the model is expected to be released in the next 3-4 weeks, raising the question if it will outperform existing competitors and also resolve the question about whether additional computing yields diminishing returns.
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Ashutosh Singh@The Tech Portal
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Elon Musk's xAI has acquired Hotshot, a startup specializing in AI-powered video generation. Hotshot, founded by Aakash Sastry and John Mullan, has developed three video foundation models: Hotshot-XL, Hotshot Act One, and Hotshot. The move signals xAI's intention to enter the AI video generation market, potentially competing with OpenAI's Sora and Google's Veo 2.
The acquisition will see Hotshot's models scaled on xAI's supercomputer, Colossus, which utilizes a vast number of Nvidia chips. Hotshot trained its models on 600 million video clips, employing techniques like neural networks for automatic captioning and the bfloat16 data format to accelerate AI training. The company discontinued new video creation on March 14, 2025, and allowed existing users to download their content until March 30.
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- SiliconANGLE: XAI acquires AI video generation startup Hotshot
- THE DECODER: Elon Musk's AI company xAI buys AI video generation startup Hotshot
- The Tech Portal: Musk’s xAI acquires gen-AI video startup ‘Hotshot’ to compete with OpenAI’s Sora and Google’s Veo 2
- Maginative: xAI Buys Hotshot, a Startup Working on AI-Generated Video
Hassan Shittu@Fello AI
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Elon Musk's xAI has launched Grok 3, a new artificial intelligence model designed to compete with leading AI systems like ChatGPT, Gemini Ultra, and Qwen 2.5-Max. Grok 3 focuses on next-level reasoning, real-time data integration, and multimodal interactions, processing both text and images, with audio capabilities planned for the future. It aims to tackle academic challenges and real-world professional tasks.
Grok 3 boasts features such as DeepSearch for real-time web and X data retrieval and a 'Think' mode for detailed problem-solving. It also exhibits coding proficiency, writing, debugging, and optimizing code. xAI has incorporated Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF) to minimize bias and misinformation, aiming for trustworthy results. Grok 3 is designed to be an unfiltered AI model as OpenAI, Anthropic and Google filter training data to exclude harmful content.
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- Fello AI: Grok 3 by xAI: Everything You Need To Know About Elon Musk’s Latest AI
- Shelly Palmer: This article discusses the potential benefits and risks of unfiltered AI models, arguing that they can provide valuable insights and perspectives that are often overlooked in more filtered models.
- Analytics Vidhya: This article compares Grok 3 to GPT 4.5, discussing their strengths and weaknesses. Grok 3 is praised for its more conversational and less filtered approach, while GPT 4.5 is seen as more focused on emotional intelligence.
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