Welcome to 9to5Neural. Rapid advancements in AI are our specialty. We keep you informed. OpenAI has announced that GPT-4.5 will soon be available in ChatGPT, while xAI is set to showcase Grok 3 tonight. The anticipation is building for what OpenAI might reveal that could be hilariously unexpected…
Grok 3 Demo Day
After suggesting a purchase of OpenAI, Elon Musk revealed on Saturday that Grok 3 will debut tonight with a live demonstration at 8 p.m. PT.
Musk has touted Grok 3 as the “most intelligent AI on the planet.” Further specifics about Grok 3 are still under wraps until the official unveiling later today.
Here’s a brief overview of xAI and Grok’s timeline:
- xAI was established in July 2023
- Grok-0 was finalized in August 2023
- Grok-1 had its first look in November 2023
- Grok-1.5 was completed in March 2024
- Grok-2 was launched in August 2024
In 2025, xAI transformed Grok from a feature in the X app to a separate application and website.
One of my main inquiries regarding Grok: When will it be available in Tesla vehicles? While supervised AI for driving is a start, a Grok-enabled voice assistant could significantly enhance the user experience by upgrading the standard voice control functionality.
The second question is whether OpenAI will overshadow xAI tonight with an exciting introduction of GPT-4.5.
This Week in OpenAI
Last week, Sam Altman from OpenAI shared the roadmap for ChatGPT, indicating that GPT-4.5 will be released in just a few weeks. This suggests a launch today is improbable, with GPT-5 anticipated in the following months.
GPT-5 aims to blend fast large language models with slower reasoning models, eliminating the need to select from multiple models for each query.
In the meantime, Altman has given subtle hints on the advantages of GPT-4.5 via X:
When asked if he would “steal the show” tonight, Altman replied diplomatically, “that wouldn’t be very nice…”
Separately, OpenAI has rolled out several actual updates over the past few days:
- OpenAI “o1 and o3-mini now enable both file and image uploads in ChatGPT”
- OpenAI “increased o3-mini-high limits by 7x for Plus users, now allowing up to 50 uploads daily”
- OpenAI published a Model Spec update outlining desired behaviors for its AI models
Additionally, there was this incredibly vague hype post:
The update aims to enhance GPT-4o’s writing abilities, particularly when given references, and reduce the production of low-quality AI-generated content.
The recent developments in OpenAI model updates underscore the critical nature of GPT-5 for ChatGPT. The differentiation chart for model capabilities is becoming increasingly complex and is nearly obsolete before it can be compiled.
Anthropic’s Ongoing Development of Claude
In perhaps the most captivating news in recent days, Anthropic has announced plans to introduce Claude 4 shortly. Similar to GPT-5, Claude 4 is expected to be a unified chatbot that combines quick responses akin to Claude 3.5 with more demanding reasoning tasks.
Claude 3 was released last March, followed by Claude 3.5 in June, indicating that the next significant model update is on the horizon. Stay tuned for an official announcement.
More Updates
In other AI developments, OpenAI’s board rejected Elon Musk’s offer to acquire the company for $97.4 billion; Mira Murati’s startup has recruited another cofounder from OpenAI; France’s Mistral introduced a regional model focused on Arabic language and culture; AI search-centric Perplexity has launched Deep Research (unrelated to OpenAI’s product of the same name); and Thompson Reuters secured the first major AI copyright case in the U.S. against the legal AI startup Ross Intelligence.
Circling back, Grok 3 has been trained on “all court cases,” which we’ll likely witness later tonight.
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