Breaking down Grok 3: The AI model that could redefine the industry
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Summary
Less than two years after it was launched, xAI’s AI model Grok 3 appears to be the most advanced yet, beating all competitors in benchmarks and the user-evaluated Chatbot Arena
The implications of this are that competition in the labs is increasing, which means that models will soon be released faster and more frequently
This is good for users but may destabilise developers who are used to relying on consistent models
Grok 3 was trained quickly thanks to xAI’s Collosus supercluster in Memphis, which vindicates the huge investments made in AI accelerators
There is also a move towards open-sourcing large language models, exemplified by Grok 1 being open-sourced by xAI, and speculation that OpenAI will follow this lead
However, the reaction to Grok 3 has been mixed, with some criticism and other praise regarding its capabilities