xAI Grok-3 tops benchmarks against tech giants.

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Grok-3 claims the crown while GPT-4.5 gives "AGI feels."

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• 🧠 Elon's AI just got too smart for its own Grok.

• 🤖 "Feel the AGI" - GPT-4.5 testers report chills.

• 🔬 AI revolutionizes cancer detection.

• 🌍 AI goes local: Mistral targets Middle East.

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xAI

🚀 Grok-3 Outperforms GPT-4o—But Can It Stay on Top?

Elon Musk’s xAI just dropped Grok-3, claiming it’s the smartest AI on Earth. And the numbers back it up. The new model sets records across math, science, and coding, outperforming Gemini-2 Pro, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, and GPT-4o on key benchmarks.

The Details:

🔹 Slow Rollout, Big Impact – Grok-3 is being deployed via the Grok app, with a mini version promising even faster responses.

🔹 Benchmark King – Both models crushed AIME‘24, GPQA, and LiveCodeBench. An early Grok-3 version even ranked #1 on Chatbot Arena.

🔹 Next-Level Reasoning – Like OpenAI’s o3-mini and DeepSeek R1, Grok-3's reasoner versions think through problems, making deep research breakthroughs possible.

🔹 Insane Compute Power – Trained on 10x more compute than Grok-2, using xAI’s Colossus supercomputer packed with 200,000 H100 GPUs—proving Musk’s bet on scaling laws was right.

Why It Matters

At just two years old, xAI is leading the AI race. But for how long? OpenAI is prepping GPT-4.5, with GPT-5 on the horizon. Meanwhile, Anthropic, DeepMind, Alibaba, and DeepSeek aren’t slowing down.

Grok-3 is a beast—but the AI battle is far from over.

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Mistral

🌏 Mistral’s AI Goes Local for the Middle East & South Asia

Big AI isn’t just about size—it’s about understanding. Mistral just dropped Mistral Saba, its first region-specific AI, built for the Middle East and South Asia.

What’s the deal?

🚀 Optimized & Efficient – A 24B model trained on regional datasets, delivering faster, cost-effective performance.
🗣️ Linguistic Diversity – Supports Arabic and South Indian languages like Tamil & Malayalam, bridging cultural gaps.
🤖 Conversational & Culturally Aware – Powers localized AI chat and content creation for natural engagement.
🔗 Flexible Access – Available via API and local deployment, plus custom models for enterprise users.

Why does it matter?

The AI race isn’t just about the biggest models—specialized AI is revolutionizing underrepresented regions. By focusing on local languages & culture, Mistral is shaping a more inclusive AI future.

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• The New York Times is making a significant transition to allow the use of AI tools in its newsroom, utilizing both external and internal tools to assist with tasks like SEO, brainstorming, research, and social, but is still prohibited for drafting articles, image generation, and other editorial tasks.

• OpenAI CEO Sam Altman posted that testers of GPT-4.5 have had “feel the AGI” moments, with hype continuing to build for a potential launch of the new model.

• SoftBank’s Arm is reportedly planning to develop its first in-house AI chip with Meta slated as an early customer, a major shift from its traditional licensing model.

• UK scientists just developed an AI-powered "supertest" for prostate cancer screening. It uses blood and urine samples to analyze over 100 biological markers (genes, proteins, and more). The goal? Detect cancer early and predict how aggressive it will be.

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