Elon Musk's AI startup, xAI, launched the Grok 3 AI model, surpassing competitors in math, science, and coding benchmarks.
Grok 3 consumed double the computing power of its predecessor Grok 2 and was trained using xAI's custom supercomputer, Colossus.
Grok 3 is available through X's Premium+ service at $40 a month, offering similar capabilities to OpenAI's o1-pro AI model.
OpenAI plans to release GPT-4.5 and GPT-5 soon, with GPT-4.5 showing promising results in achieving artificial general intelligence.
Meta announced LlamaCon, its developer conference for the Llama language models, indicating significant growth in Llama's adoption and demand.
Meta's AI assistant, Meta AI, powered by Llama models, aims to become the most widely used assistant with 600 million monthly active users.
Former OpenAI CTO, Mira Murati, launched Thinking Machines Lab focusing on human-AI collaboration to democratize AI understanding and customization.
Thinking Machines Lab aims to bridge the gap between advanced AI research labs and the general public to enable effective AI utilization.
The startup also intends to enhance the accessibility and customization of AI models for various needs, emphasizing collaborative human-AI efforts.
Mira Murati's startup includes key former OpenAI members like Co-founder John Schulman and Vice President Barret Zoph, after their resignations from OpenAI.
The AI landscape is evolving rapidly with new models like Grok 3 and increasing adoption of AI technologies as seen through Meta's Llama models and Meta AI growth.