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xAI’s next-gen AI model didn’t arrive on time, adding to a trend

xAI aimed to release its next major model, Grok 3, in 2024 — but missed that deadline. It adds to a trend among AI companies.

Grok, xAI’s answer to models like OpenAI’s GPT-4o and Google’s Gemini, can analyze images and respond to questions, and powers a number of features on X, Musk’s social network. “Grok 3 end of year after training on 100k H100s should be really something special,” Musk wrote in a July post on X, referring to xAI’s enormous Memphis-based cluster of GPUs. Nonetheless, the slipped launch time frame adds to the body of evidence that conventional AI training approaches are running up against a wall.

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