Elon Musk has announced the upcoming release of Grok 3, the latest version of his artificial intelligence chatbot, scheduled for Monday night at 8:00 p.m. Pacific Time. A live demo will accompany the launch, which will likely take place on the platform X, formerly known as Twitter. Musk labeled Grok 3 as “the smartest AI on Earth” and indicated that he would be logging offline until the demo to assist the team in preparation for the launch.
Elon Musk announces Grok 3 launch with live demo
Musk previously indicated that Grok 3 will incorporate additional datasets into its training set, including “all court cases,” which he claims will produce “extremely compelling legal verdicts.” In recent weeks, he has shared examples demonstrating Grok 3’s capabilities, including references to “Testing Grok 3 int4 inference.”
xAI first released a beta version of Grok 2 in August, followed by the launch of the company’s first public image generation in December. In the same month, xAI made Grok freely available for all X users, expanding access beyond the Premium Plus subscribers who could use it previously. The company is also reportedly developing a dedicated app for Grok, allowing users to access the AI model without needing to use X.
iPhone users can now access Grok on the App Store
Founded in July 2023, xAI was established by Musk following his departure from OpenAI, the AI firm he co-founded in 2015 alongside Sam Altman. The imminent launch of Grok 3 comes shortly after Musk led a group of investors in a $97.4 billion bid for control of OpenAI. Musk has criticized Altman and OpenAI’s transition from a non-profit to a for-profit model, accusing Altman of being a “Swindler” and “Scam Altman” in response to the recent developments.
During a video conference at the World Government Summit in Dubai, Musk mentioned that “at times I think Grok 3 is scary smart.” He explained that the model was trained on synthetic data and has the capability of reflecting on its mistakes, allowing it to achieve logical consistency by reviewing the data iteratively. This announcement occurs amidst heightened competition in the AI landscape, as various entities, including China’s DeepSeek, strive to create competitive models.
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