He says closed AI will outperform open source by a meaningful margin at any point, since six months is an eternity.
"So I think close will outperform open by a meaningful amount at any given point in time."
When will Grok models be open-sourced? (asked on X)
Q835 answers2023-2025asked on 𝕏
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He says closed AI will outperform open source by a meaningful margin at any point, since six months is an eternity.
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Announces xAI will open source Grok that week.
"This week, @xAI will open source Grok"
He said worth noting that @xAI has been and will open source its models, including weights and everything, As we create the next version, we open source the prior version, as we did with Grok 1 when Grok 2 was released.
"Worth noting that @xAI has been and will open source its models, including weights and everything, As we create the next version, we open source the prior version, as we did with Grok 1 when Grok 2 was released."
Asked when Grok 2 and Grok 3 would be open-sourced, he said they would open-source Grok 2 the next week.
"It’s high time we open sourced Grok 2. Will make it happen next week. We’ve just been fighting fires and burning the 4am oil nonstop for a while now."
He said xAI’s Grok 2.5, last year’s best model, is now open source, and Grok 3 will be open-sourced in about 6 months.
"The @xAI Grok 2.5 model, which was our best model last year, is now open source. Grok 3 will be made open source in about 6 months. https://t.co/TXM0wyJKOh"
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