Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, has recently released its latest AI model, Grok 3.
This new AI model is designed to be significantly more powerful and capable than its predecessor, Grok 2.
- Enhanced Capabilities: Grok 3 boasts 10 times more computing power than Grok 2 and has been trained on an expanded dataset, including court case filings.
- Reasoning Models: Grok 3 includes reasoning models that can carefully analyze and fact-check information before providing responses. This helps in avoiding common pitfalls of AI models.
- Benchmark Performance: Grok 3 has outperformed other leading AI models, including OpenAI’s GPT-4o and DeepSeek’s R1, on various benchmarks such as AIME (math questions) and GPQA (physics, biology, chemistry problems).
- New Features: The Grok app now includes a ‘DeepSearch’ feature that scans the internet and xAI’s social network, X, to provide summarised responses to user queries.
- Subscription Plans: xAI has introduced a new subscription plan called SuperGrok, which offers additional reasoning capabilities and unlimited image generation.
Grok 3 is being hailed as the ‘smartest AI on Earth’ by Musk, and it’s expected to have a significant impact on various industries.
Definition
Grok is a neologism (a newly coined word or expression), referenced by Robert A. Heinlein for his 1961 science fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Land. It means to understand something so deeply that you become one with it.
Grok is a term used in computer programming to mean to ‘profoundly understand something‘, such as a system, a language, or an algorithm.
Less woke
Grok, the company previously reportedly said, is modelled on ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’.
It is supposed to have ‘a bit of wit, a rebellious streak’ and it should answer the ‘spicy questions’ that other AI might dodge, according to a statement from xAI.
I wonder if it has been modelled on Elon Musk?