But is it really the “maximally truth-seeking AI"Musk says it is?
Well, to spoil it for you, no.
There is no next-generation breakthrough or groundbreaking reasoning model that we haven’t already seen before here.
But from a user standpoint, an AI app goes way beyond benchmarks.
A good AI chatbot is a mature, well-rounded product.
All that power means gains.
Grok 3 is now quite fast, and plenty usable for regular day-to-day tasks.
Plus, it can do deep research using web sources, and has a specific reasoning model, too.
Certainly not class-leading, and nothing that you’re free to’t already do with existing tools.
But one test, even a couple of them, can’t really determine how an AI model performs.
I did have some luck with it myself, but mostly for more lightweight tasks.
But that’s not exactly something I’m willing to bust open my wallet for.
That’s a pretty timid take, if you ask me.
I got similar results in other tests.
Grok wouldn’t take a side in the Justin Baldoni vs. Blake Lively lawsuit.
“Reporting from Axiosis matching what I’ve found, too.
How Deep is your Search?
As a humble tech journalist, this is something that I was able to test myself.
In both cases, Perplexity AI did slightly better than Grok on most tasks.
So, I have to give it props there.
When it came to shopping research, though, Grok screwed up with the top product recommendation.
Its other options were also interesting, and it did not include anything that isn’t available in India.
Perplexity also has more export options.
In Grok, all you’re free to do is copy the text.
What does all that mean?
That’s something I feel I keep bumping into here.
In many ways, Grok is good, just notthatgood.
When that period will end?
According to Musk’s X account, it’ll only be free for a “short time.”
When you consider the pricing for full access, Grok 3 makes even less sense.
And as it stands, you aren’t really getting double the money’s worth.
