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In this edition: Elon's xAI drops Grok 3 (with a supercomputer that'll make your gaming rig cry) and OpenAI's former CTO Mira Murati launches her new AI startup Thinking Machines Lab. 🚨 Spoiler alert: They're both gunning to change the AI game forever.

In today’s issue:

🚀 Grok 3 Takes Center Stage: xAI's Game-Changing AI Release
🤖 OpenAI's Former CTO launches her AI startup
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⚡ 5 Must-Try AI Tools This Week
📈 What's Trending in AI now
📰 More AI News you need to know
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Grok: xAI's Game-Changing AI Release

What Happened: Move over, ChatGPT - there's a new AI powerhouse in town! Elon's xAI just unleashed Grok 3, and it's not just another chatbot with a fancy name. Powered by "Colossus" (a beast of a supercomputer packing 200,000 NVIDIA H100 GPUs - yes, you read that right), this AI is crushing benchmarks like they're yesterday's memes. With a mind-blowing score of 1400 in the LMSYS Chatbot Arena, Grok 3 isn't just participating in the AI race - it's leaving skid marks. 

What You Need to Know:

• Performance That Turns Heads:
  

  

  
  - Outperforms OpenAI's o-series, DeepSeek-V3, and Gemini variants

  - Scores 75 on GPQA (vs Gemini-Pro 2.0's 65), with reasoning modes pushing to 85

  - Early tests show it competing head-to-head with GPT-5
  

• At just $0.25/1M tokens, X is practically giving away access to cutting-edge AI (eat your heart out, OpenAI)

• Multiple variants: Grok-3 mini (speed-focused) and Grok-3 Reasoning (complex problem-solving)

• "Think Mode" and "Big Brain Mode" for enhanced logical processing

• Real-time X integration - seamlessly tap into the platform's live data stream

Why You Should Care: With xAI seeking another $10B in funding after last year's $12B raise, the AI capital race is intensifying. The landscape of AI is shifting faster than ever, and with Grok 3, X isn't just participating in the race - they're rewriting the rules. The real question isn't whether competitors will respond, but whether they can match this combination of power, price, and personality.

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"Hey Grok, I need your spiciest takes on the latest tech drama. Let's start with your thoughts on the current state of AI companies trying to outdo each other. Don't hold back - give me your most based analysis, complete with memes if you're feeling extra creative. But first, tell me what specific aspects of the AI race you find most interesting, so we can dive deep into those areas.”

OpenAI's Former CTO Makes Her Bold Move

What happened: The AI world just got another powerhouse player as Mira Murati unveils Thinking Machines Lab, and this isn't just another startup - it's a direct challenge to the closed-source AI status quo.

What you need to know:

• Dream Team Assembled– Murati's pulled together an all-star lineup including OpenAI's John Schulman and Barret Zoph, plus top talent from DeepMind, Character AI, and Mistral

• Bold commitment to publishing papers, code, datasets, and model specs - a direct counter to the industry's secretive trends

• Unique emphasis on making AI systems more understandable and customizable for real-world collaboration

• First model demonstrations anticipated in coming months

Why you should care: This isn't just another AI lab launch - it's a potential game-changer for open science in AI. With Thinking Machines Lab's entry, the AI landscape is seeing a fresh push toward openness and collaboration. The question isn't whether this will impact the industry - it's HOW MUCH this dream team can accomplish with their open science approach.

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WHAT’S TRENDING IN AI

1. Just hours after launching Grok 3, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman took to X to crowdsource ideas for the company’s next open-source model—hinting at either a scaled-down O3-mini or a compact, phone-sized AI.

2. ChatGPT’s impersonation of a scammer is pure comedy gold! Using Advanced Voice Mode, @immasidd perfectly mimicked the voice of an Indian scammer, delivering spot-on timing and hilarious responses.

3. Someone built a TikTok style wikipedia app that learns from you and the demo looks pretty cool (pictured above).

MORE IN AI THIS WEEK

📢 Google’s AI Boost: Google Meet adds a new AI feature i.e scrollable caption history, letting users review up to 30 minutes of live and translated captions.

🚀 Fiverr’s AI-Powered Future: The platform debuts Fiverr Go, an AI toolset for gig workers to train models and automate tasks—plus a new equity program giving top freelancers company shares.

💻 OpenAI’s $1M Coding Challenge: SWE-Lancer, a new benchmark, puts AI coding skills to the test against real freelance software jobs—with $1M in payouts up for grabs.

🎤 Meta’s Big AI Event: Llamacon, Meta’s first generative AI developer conference, is set for April 29.

🌕 Nokia’s Moon Mission: The company is building a lunar cellular network, replacing point-to-point radio with high-speed, multi-device connectivity.

🗒️ Digital Shift: The New York Times has green-lit AI tools in the newsroom, allowing staff to use AI to assist with editing, summarizing, and social media copy — but not to draft full articles.

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