Grok 3 is available within the X app to X Premium+ users, priced at $16/month. Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI , has released its third-generati...
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| Grok 3 is available within the X app to X Premium+ users, priced at $16/month. |
A Quick Recap
Launched in late 2023, Grok is xAI’s answer to ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude. Grok 1 debuted inside the X app (formerly Twitter) as a chatbot exclusively for Premium+ users. It quickly gained attention for its sarcastic tone, always-on access to live X data, and unfiltered responses.
Musk positioned Grok as an “AI with a sense of humor,” built to answer spicy questions others avoid. It wasn’t perfect — Grok 1 struggled with reasoning and hallucinated like most early models — but it stood out by being faster, funnier, and more up-to-date.
What’s New in Grok 3?
Grok 3 represents a major leap. xAI claims the model is now trained on a massive dataset combining public web data, real-time X posts, and permissive data sources. Key upgrades include:
- File Editing: Early testers report Grok 3 can open, interpret, and edit text files and documents — hinting at its role in X’s future productivity suite.
- Code Generation: Grok 3 now competes with GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT in generating and debugging code in multiple languages.
- Contextual Memory: The system can now remember previous threads, a long-requested feature that brings it closer to acting like a true assistant.
- Multimodal Capabilities: Image interpretation features are being tested, though full vision capabilities have not been rolled out yet.
According to a report from The Verge, Grok 3 has already been tested for helping creators write, schedule, and even respond to posts on X. Internally, it's also being explored as a search assistant, document writer, and social media strategist.
The Tech Behind Grok 3
While xAI hasn’t open-sourced the full model weights, Musk confirmed that Grok 3 is trained using a combination of proprietary supercomputing clusters (using NVIDIA H100s) and Tesla Dojo hardware. Its architecture likely resembles transformer-based LLMs like GPT-4, with additional tuning for internet-native behavior. In March 2024, Musk announced that xAI would begin open-sourcing Grok, starting with earlier versions of the model, which are now available for researchers and developers.
How to Use Grok 3
Grok 3 is available within the X app to X Premium+ users, priced at $16/month. Users can access it via a dedicated tab or within the reply composer. Musk has said Grok will become more embedded into user workflows, eventually integrating with DMs, posts, livestreams, and files. Grok 3 is not just a chatbot — it’s Musk’s bid to make X the western world’s answer to WeChat. In the future, Grok may:
- Compose posts and schedule content for creators
- Analyze video and livestream data
- Help with shopping, booking, and travel planning
- Provide AI-driven financial news summaries
- Serve as an interface for search, payments, and productivity tools
Musk has teased that Grok will eventually control a “neural layer” for all activity on X, blending AI and social in real-time — far more tightly than Meta’s or OpenAI’s integrations. Despite its growth, Grok 3 still has limits. Its training data excludes copyrighted or licensed content (no books, YouTube scripts, or proprietary datasets), and it may hallucinate or give unpredictable answers. It also carries the cultural tone of the X platform — which can be unfiltered, controversial, or politically charged.
Experts have raised concerns about bias, privacy, and the weaponization of AI-generated replies in high-profile conversations. Still, Grok’s supporters argue its openness and speed make it a compelling alternative in a sanitized AI market.
Grok 3 is no longer just a curiosity. It’s a powerful, evolving AI designed for the internet’s wild side — capable of real-time knowledge, edgy commentary, and, soon, serious productivity features. Whether it becomes a daily assistant or simply another voice in the feed, Grok 3 is part of a much bigger vision: Musk’s plan to reshape how we interact with AI, social media, and work itself.
