Elon Musk’s AI startup has launched its newest model with some grand claims — including that it can outperform leading models from the U.S. and China.

Grok 3 is "scary smart," according to Elon Musk, and is "an order of magnitude more powerful than Grok 2."

XAI also said it was launching a new product called "Deep Search," which would act as a "next generation search engine."

Elon Musk has launched Grok 3, claiming it to be the smartest and most sarcastic AI. It answers “almost anything”.

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI has introduced Grok-3, the latest iteration of its chatbot, as it looks to compete with Chinese AI firm DeepSeek, Microsoft-backed OpenAI, and Alphabet's Google.

Elon Musk debuted his Grok 3 artificial intelligence chatbot, a potential competitor to ChaptGPT and China's DeepSeek in the booming technology space. CBS MoneyWatch correspondent Kelly O'Grady has more.

Elon Musk took time away from infiltrating the White House on Tuesday to launch the latest edition of xAI's artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok 3. The tech billionaire and "special government employee" unveiled his AI company's latest model during a demo livestreamed on Musk-owned X.

Billionaire Elon Musk said on Saturday that his xAI's artificial intelligence chatbot and ChatGPT challenger Grok 3 would be released with a live demo at 8 p.m. Pacific time on Monday (0400 GMT on Tuesday).