xAI and Elon Musk have launched Grok-3, their cutting-edge AI model. Is it really a step forward? It’s really the cutting-edge? Andrej Karpathy is gonna tell us. The first tri-foldable phone is here. Is there a new huge AI player? And how Apple’s move to manufacture in India is going.
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xAI and Elon Musk have launched Grok-3, their cutting-edge AI model. Is it really a step forward? It’s really the cutting-edge? Andrej Karpathy is gonna tell us. The first tri-foldable phone is here. Is there a new huge AI player? And how Apple’s move to manufacture in India is going.
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Elon Musk's AI company XAI has officially launched Grok-3, a significant update to their AI models. Boasting 200,000 GPUs for training—10 times the capacity of Grok-2—Grok-3 is designed to engage in reasoning and image analysis. During the launch, Musk emphasized Grok-3's mission to seek truth, even if it diverges from political correctness. Early evaluations suggest Grok-3 outperforms models like GPT-40 and DeepSeek V3 on various benchmarks, showcasing its ambitious capabilities.
Huawei has launched the world's first tri-foldable smartphone, the Mate XT, priced at €3,499. Unlike other foldable devices, the Mate XT features a dual-hinge design allowing for multiple configurations, ranging from a compact phone to a tablet-sized display. Despite its innovative design, the Mate XT will not support Google Apps and remains a unique offering in the current smartphone market.
Acer CEO Jason Chen has announced an expected 10% price increase for US laptops, effective from March 2024, as a direct result of tariffs on Chinese imports. The company anticipates that newer stock will reflect these changes while they explore alternative production methods beyond China. The broader impact of these tariffs is predicted to be significant, possibly costing US consumers an estimated $143 billion.
Ilya Sutskever’s startup, Safe Superintelligence (SSI), is reportedly raising over $1 billion at a $30 billion valuation. The company, co-founded with other notable figures from the AI industry, aims to focus solely on creating safe AI systems without diversifying into other product lines. The funding round indicates a growing confidence in SSI’s potential in the increasingly competitive AI landscape.
Apple's production transition to India is gaining traction as Foxconn begins manufacturing the iPhone 16 Pro. Currently, around 15% of iPhones are produced in India, with expectations to rise to 25% by 2027. This shift is viewed with caution by China, which sees it as a potential threat to its grip on Apple's supply chain. The move aligns with Apple's strategy to diversify its manufacturing base amid geopolitical tensions.
