Musk’s xAI Rolls Out Grok-3 After $97 Billion Offer Rejection from OpenAI
Wednesday, 19/02/2025
The AI is available to Premium+ subscribers on X, with a new SuperGrok plan for mobile and web users.
xAI is expanding its data centers, raising funds, and developing the Colossus supercomputer in Memphis.
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, has introduced Grok-3, the latest version of its chatbot. The launch comes as xAI seeks to compete with OpenAI, Alphabet, and Chinese AI firm DeepSeek.
Last week, a group of investors led by Musk made a $97.4 billion offer to acquire OpenAI’s nonprofit assets, which was rejected. In response, OpenAI’s Sam Altman took to Musk’s social platform, X, with a lighthearted remark: “No thank you, but we’d be happy to buy Twitter for $9.74 billion if you want.”
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Meanwhile, xAI has seen internal tensions. Benjamin DeKraker, an AI engineer who worked on the Human Data team for six months, has resigned following a dispute over a social media post. He had ranked AI models, including xAI’s upcoming Grok-3, based on their coding capabilities. The disagreement over the post ultimately led to his departure, Cointelegraph reported.