Elon Musk has announced that his artificial intelligence startup, xAI, will unveil its latest chatbot, Grok 3, on Monday, February 17. Musk has touted Grok 3 as the "smartest AI on Earth," amid an increasingly competitive market.
According to a post by Musk on his social media platform X, the premier AI product will be introduced with a demonstration scheduled for 8:00 pm Pacific Time (0400 GMT). He mentioned that Grok 3 was trained on synthetic data and is designed to enhance its reasoning abilities by reflecting on past mistakes and assessing data for logical consistency.
"We'll be honing the product with the team all weekend, so I'll be offline until then," Musk wrote. The billionaire entrepreneur, who also advises former U.S. President Donald Trump on reducing government spending, has been striving for a stronger presence in the AI sector.
Musk had previously indicated that Grok 3 was nearing completion and would be released within weeks. xAI aims to establish a foothold in a market dominated by established players like OpenAI's ChatGPT, as artificial intelligence continues to permeate daily life.
The competition in the AI industry has intensified, especially after the Chinese startup DeepSeek launched a low-cost, high-quality chatbot last month, challenging U.S. leadership in AI technology. DeepSeek quickly surpassed ChatGPT in downloads on Apple's App Store, raising concerns about a potential shift in global dominance in the field.
Despite warning about AI's potential risks to humanity, Musk has aggressively pursued investments in the sector. In December, xAI announced it had secured $6 billion in funding from investors, including U.S. venture capitalists, chipmakers Nvidia and AMD, and investment funds from Saudi Arabia and Qatar. This followed an initial $6 billion fundraising round in May, making xAI one of the world's most valuable startups, although it remains smaller than OpenAI.
Musk founded xAI in July 2023, shortly after signing an open letter calling for a pause in the development of advanced AI models. Meanwhile, OpenAI rejected a Musk-led offer to acquire the company for $97.4 billion, according to its board chairman on Friday, February 14.
No comments:
Post a Comment