Article by Ayman Alheraki on January 11 2026 10:37 AM
Grok 3, the latest innovation by xAI, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, is being touted as one of the most powerful AI models in the world as of 2025. It’s designed to compete with leading models like OpenAI’s GPT-4o and Google’s Gemini Ultra, excelling in logical reasoning, real-time web search, and multimodal interaction.
Grok 3 was trained on the Colossus supercomputer, which hosts around 200,000 GPUs, providing a computing capacity of 1.5 petaflops. This allowed Grok 3 to outperform models like GPT-4o and DeepSeek R1 in benchmarks such as:
AIME: 93.3%
GPQA: 84.6%
Think Mode: Designed to tackle complex problems step-by-step.
Big Brain Mode: Allocates extra computing resources for intensive tasks like programming, mathematics, and academic research.
These tools allow Grok 3 to access the internet and the X platform (formerly Twitter) to provide real-time, accurate summaries and answers — ideal for journalists, researchers, and professionals.
Grok 3 supports text and image processing, with voice interaction capabilities in development. It can also edit images based on user descriptions, making it an excellent tool for creative and design tasks.
With a context window of up to 1 million tokens, Grok 3 can maintain and understand lengthy and complex conversations — making it ideal for virtual assistants and enterprise applications.
Speed: 22% faster response time compared to GPT-4o, ideal for real-time interaction.
Accuracy: Outperformed GPT-4o by 10% in logic reasoning tests, and surpassed DeepSeek R1 by 18% in PhD-level assessments in physics, chemistry, and biology.
Education and Research: Perfect for researchers and students due to its logical reasoning and real-time search capabilities.
Customer Service: Acts as a virtual assistant capable of managing long conversations with precision.
Creative Work: Supports image generation and editing based on text input, useful for designers and artists.
Data Analysis: Handles large data sets and delivers insights in fields like finance and healthcare.
Despite its advanced capabilities, Grok 3 has faced criticism, especially regarding misinformation or controversial outputs. For instance, it has reportedly echoed conspiracy theories, raising concerns about its reliability.
Grok 3 is available via X Premium+ (at $40/month) and through the Grok app. Furthermore, Microsoft has announced hosting Grok 3 models on Azure AI Foundry, making it easier for developers and businesses to integrate them into their systems.