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xAI launches Grok-3 beta and Grok-3 mini, its latest AI models with reasoning, trained on 200K GPUs, or “10x” more compute than Grok-2, for X Premium+ users — Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, late on Monday released its latest flagship AI model, Grok 3, and unveiled new capabilities for the Grok iOS and web apps.
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| Andrej Karpathy / @karpathy: |
Grok-3 hands-on: its thinking capability feels state of the art and rivals OpenAI's o1 pro models, DeepSearch offers a blend of search and reasoning, and more — I was given early access to Grok 3 earlier today, making me I think one of the first few who could run a quick vibe check.
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| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
X raises its Premium+ subscription to $40 per month, or $395 per year, after raising it to $22 per month in December 2024, following Grok-3's launch — Hours after Elon Musk's AI company, xAI released the latest version of its AI model, Grok 3, X has significantly hiked the price …
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| Amy Thomson / Bloomberg: |
xAI unveils DeepSearch, a reasoning chatbot that explains its thought process for queries and is capable of doing research, brainstorming, and data analysis — Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI showed off the updated Grok-3 model, showcasing a version of the chatbot technology …
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
An interview with Shuhei Yoshida, who led PlayStation Studios from 2008-2019 and left Sony on January 15, on his 31 years at PlayStation, early days, and more — Shu Yoshida has graduated. He just completed 38 years at Sony, including 31 years at PlayStation, and he completed …
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| Financial Times: |
A look at Apple's quiet pivot to India, where Foxconn now makes the iPhone 16 Pro; sources say China views Apple's growing business in India with suspicion — As Donald Trump was preparing to take office for the first time in 2017, Priyank Kharge was busy making calls to Apple's headquarters in Cupertino …
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| James Titcomb / Telegraph: |
Acer CEO Jason Chen says the company will “probably” raise US laptop prices by 10% “by default” from March 2024 due to Trump's tariffs on Chinese imports — Acer considers shifting manufacturing out of China as trade war hits consumers — This feature is available for registered users.
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| Eileen Ng / Associated Press: |
Huawei launches Mate XT, the industry's first tri-foldable, globally for €3,499, after its China launch in September 2024; the Mate XT has a 10.2-inch display — Huawei on Tuesday held a global launch for the industry's first tri-foldable phone, which analysts said marked a symbolic victory … | Financial Times: |
Sources: Sam Altman and OpenAI's board weigh governance changes, including special voting rights for its nonprofit board, to deter hostile bids like Musk's — OpenAI is considering granting special voting rights to its non-profit board in order to preserve the power of its directors …
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| Bloomberg: |
Baidu reports Q4 revenue down 2% YoY to ~$4.7B, above $4.6B est., and a ~$717M net income, above ~$540M est., as its search and AI businesses face competition — Revenue for the three months ended December shrank 2% to 34.1 billion yuan ($4.7 billion), versus an average estimate of 33.4 billion yuan.
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| Victoria Song / The Verge: |
OnePlus unveils the $330 Watch 3, offering a rotating crown, five-day battery life, Wear OS 5, a new GPS antenna, and new health features, shipping February 25 — Plus five-day battery life, Wear OS 5, a new GPS antenna, and a host of new health features.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Hightouch, which makes AI marketing, sales, and customer service tools, raised an $80M Series C led by Sapphire at a $1.2B valuation, up from $615M in July 2023 — Last decade, companies like Segment rewrote the book on how organizations used APIs to merge data from disparate apps to improve marketing strategies.
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