xAI Launches Grok-3 AI Model, Claims Superior Performance Over GPT-4

[MacRumors]

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI on Tuesday announced Grok-3, and Musk is making some bold claims. The new AI model is said to have more than ten times the computing power of its predecessor and outperforms leading competitors, including OpenAI's GPT-4o and Google's Gemini.

The latest iteration of xAI's flagship model introduces new "reasoning" capabilities through two distinct modes: "Think," which displays the AI's reasoning process while resolving requests, and "Big Brain" for handling more computationally intensive tasks.

Alongside the model update, xAI announced Deep Search, which the company describes as a "next generation search engine." The new feature is designed to analyze information from the internet and X (Twitter) to provide comprehensive answers to user queries.

Grok-3 will be available to X Premium Plus subscribers, which now costs $40 per month, up from $22 – the second such price hike in as many months. The company is also launching a new subscription tier called SuperGrok, priced at $30 per month, offering "the most advanced capabilities and earliest access to new features."

Musk said that Grok-3 is designed to be a "maximally truth-seeking AI," even when such truth might conflict with political correctness. The model has faced previous criticism for spreading election misinformation and having fewer restrictions on text-to-image generation.

Grok-3's reasoning capabilities are available in the Grok app. In the future, xAI says it plans to add synthesized voice capabilities to the Grok chatbot and intends to make the previous version, Grok-2, open source in the coming months.

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[Kylo83]

Everyday, there’s a new AI model. I can’t keep up.

 

[adamw]

Elon Musk strikes again... Competition is good!

 

[mrgrdn]

Offcourse Musk had to say that. Such a clown

 

[Return Zero]

Why can’t differentiating between the three modes (think, big brain, deep search) be handled by another reasoning layer to properly identify the user’s needs, or just by tweaking certain word in the prompt like everything else is? Makes it feel less “smart” when we have to select a certain mode, especially from the guy who says “all input is error”.

 

[Zc456]

Unless we see some detailed research, including their methods and the ability to replicate it ourselves, I'm taking it all with a grain of salt.

 

[opeter]

Where is the button to shutdown all these AIs? Just pull the plug already.

 

[PsykX]

Competition is good, but I'll take everything Musk declares with a grain of salt.

I need proof that it is vastly superior, and I'll believe it. If it's so much better than anything OpenAI does, why the hell did he want to buy them last week? 🙄

As for the "maximally truthful" selling point, with all the declarations he made on X so far this year, I just don't believe it one minute.

 

[contacos]

I can already picture our DPO looking for his Xanax

 

[m1mini]

Competition is good, but I'll take everything Musk declares with a grain of salt.

I need proof that it is vastly superior, and I'll believe it. If it's so much better than anything OpenAI does, why the hell did he want to buy them last week? 🙄

As for the "maximally truthful" selling point, with all the declarations he made on X so far this year, I just don't believe it one minute.

OpenAI is trying to separate its for-profit and non-profit divisions, while Elon Musk is inflating its valuation to make things more difficult for them.

 

[rymc02]

Elon Musk strikes again... Competition is good!

Why do we continue to give credit to this guy? If you want to celebrate the team fine, but let's not pretend this dude is in there coding and developing the LLM. He's not designing rockets or building batteries or electric motors. He's a money guy who spews a bunch of vaporware promises to pump his value in the company.

We don't give Warren Buffet direct credit when all the companies he's invested in go up in value. Why are we giving this carnival barker so much credit?

 

[surferfb]

Where is the button to shutdown all these AIs? Just pull the plug already.

They’re way too useful to put them back in the box.

 

[DesignTime]

When will AI replace 75% of all the jobs? I’m ready to be replaced.

 

[ForkHandles]

You know this AI will tell truth. Elon’s truth!!!

 

[raziel101]

Why do we continue to give credit to this guy? If you want to celebrate the team fine, but let's not pretend this dude is in there coding and developing the LLM. He's not designing rockets or building batteries or electric motors. He's a money guy who spews a bunch of vaporware promises to pump his value in the company.

We don't give Warren Buffet direct credit when all the companies he's invested in go up in value. Why are we giving this carnival barker so much credit?

The same reason most fanboys on here give Tim credit. We don’t actually believe Tim is coming up with all the ideas for new products and services himself.

 

[Ru_C]

I would sooner give my personal info to the Chinese than Musk!

 

[Koulie]

The prospect of Tesla Robots (Optimus) running Grok 3 (or greater) on Mars in the coming years is amazing if executed correctly. What a great timeline we are in with regards to space exploration.

 

[surferfb]

The same reason most fanboys on here give Tim credit. We don’t actually believe Tim is coming up with all the ideas for new products and services himself.

Pretty sure most everyone on MacRumors hates Tim and thinks he sits around all day personally thinking up more ways to charge more and spiking real innovation. 🤣

 

[chfilm]

Hard pass on anything Musk related.

 

[John_Blackthorne]

I'm a Musk fan and X user, but this seems like trash.

 

[gmanist1000]

Why can’t differentiating between the three modes (think, big brain, deep search) be handled by another reasoning layer to properly identify the user’s needs, or just by tweaking certain word in the prompt like everything else is? Makes it feel less “smart” when we have to select a certain mode, especially from the guy who says “all input is error”.

Well this is what OpenAI is working on with their next releases. However, the concern is that we will all get dumped into this "smart" model that picks for us, and then you have to pay more money for higher intelligent versions, which actually diminishes the product further. Paying for intelligence shouldn't be thing. Intelligence is a universal trait, and everyone should have equal access to it. There should be no tiered system of intelligence.

 

[Timo_Existencia]

"Truth" is perhaps the most propagandistic term in the English language.

 

[John_Blackthorne]

Why do we continue to give credit to this guy? If you want to celebrate the team fine, but let's not pretend this dude is in there coding and developing the LLM. He's not designing rockets or building batteries or electric motors. He's a money guy who spews a bunch of vaporware promises to pump his value in the company.

We don't give Warren Buffet direct credit when all the companies he's invested in go up in value. Why are we giving this carnival barker so much credit?

Let's all be real honest. 7 years ago 75% of the readers on this site thought Elon Musk walked on water. It's not the technology or products that have changed minds.

 

[dannys1]

The same reason most fanboys on here give Tim credit. We don’t actually believe Tim is coming up with all the ideas for new products and services himself.

Yeah but I think we clearly know that Cook doesn't come up with any product designs or ideas and that Apple is a massive team. Where as the internet seems to think Tesla IS Elon.

Cook deserves credit for steering a huge ship as a successful CEO. That's what he is, a good manager. Not a visionary or a creative. But he doesn't pay some kids to play a game 23 hours a day and claim it's him that's 7th in the world either.

At this point i'm not sure how much involvement Musk has with any of the companies - I doubt he's been at Tesla for months. He appears to be full time into this government thing - whatever it is. He's on Twitter for HOURS a day, i'm running one small business and I don't have time to do that, he's the CEO of what 3, four businesses?

 

[gglockner]

Tesla owners who purchased Full Self Drive have learned to ignore all promises made by Musk because he has lied about its capabilities for years.