Elon Musk’s AI startup, xAI, has launched Grok-3, its latest chatbot, aiming to compete with DeepSeek, OpenAI, and Google. The rollout comes shortly after DeepSeek introduced its open-source model and as Musk pushes xAI’s expansion.
Grok-3 is now available to Premium+ subscribers on X, with xAI also introducing a new SuperGrok subscription for users accessing the chatbot via its app and Grok.com. During a livestream, Musk called Grok-3 “in a league of its own,” stating it significantly surpasses Grok-2.
Last week, Musk and a consortium of investors offered $97.4 billion to acquire OpenAI’s nonprofit assets, an offer that was rejected. Musk reaffirmed xAI’s commitment to open-source AI, pledging to release earlier Grok versions publicly once Grok-3 reaches full maturity in a few months.
The new model introduces DeepSearch, a smart search engine designed to provide reasoning-based responses for research, brainstorming, and data analysis. xAI demonstrated the tool during the livestream.
With AI competition heating up, xAI is expanding its data center capacity to train more advanced models. Reports indicate the company is in talks to raise up to $10 billion, which could value it at around $75 billion.
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