In a livestream on February 17th (local time), xAI announced that Grok-3 beat Google Gemini, DeepSeek V3, Anthropic Claude, and OpenAI GPT-4o in mathematical, scientific , and programming calibration tests.

Grok-3 boasts 10 times the computing power of its predecessor, Musk said during a presentation with three xAI engineers.

The startup used a massive data center in Memphis containing approximately 200,000 GPUs to train Grok-3.

"We will continue to improve the model every day; you will see progress within 24 hours," the billionaire asserted.

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xAI's Grok application allows login using an X account. Photo: Du Lam

xAI introduces a new intelligent search tool in collaboration with Grok-3 called DeepSearch. DeepSearch is an inferential chatbot that can present its keyword research process and how it responds. It includes options for research, brainstorming, and data analysis.

Grok-3 is available with Premium+ subscriptions on X immediately. The company will sell the new SuperGrok subscription package through the Grok mobile app and Grok.com website.

The new chatbot appears to put Grok ahead of OpenAI's latest ChatGPT, further intensifying the rivalry between the two companies. Musk founded xAI in 2023 to compete with OpenAI – a company he co-founded years earlier but left in 2018.

The billionaire filed two lawsuits against OpenAI for violating its original founding principles and offered to buy the startup's non-profit division for $97.4 billion, but was rejected. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman called Musk's proposal a tactic to slow down his progress.

Companies like OpenAI and xAI have both successfully raised capital at a rapid pace. xAI is currently in negotiations to raise approximately $10 billion, potentially raising its valuation to $75 billion. Meanwhile, OpenAI is seeking to raise $40 billion, bringing its valuation to $300 billion.

Doing business in the AI ​​field is also incredibly expensive. Last month, the SoftBank, OpenAI, Oracle, and MGX alliance announced a $100 billion program to build data centers and other AI infrastructure in the US. Dell is in negotiations to supply xAI's AI-optimized servers.

Nevertheless, emerging technologies are threatening American AI. Last month, the Chinese startup DeepSeek caused a stir by announcing its open-source AI model – R1 – which performs on par with, or even better than, its American counterparts but at a much lower development cost.

According to Musk, they will publicly release the source code of the Grok version immediately preceding the latest one. In the next few months, when Grok-3 is stable, the startup will do the same with Grok-2.

(According to Bloomberg)