Exclusive: Grok-3 model from xAI spotted ahead of its anticipated release

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The long-awaited Grok-3 has been spotted in the wild. Although this model is not yet available to the public, we managed to access it on the stand-alone Grok platform. We were also able to compare the latest Grok-2 results with Grok-3 and verify that the response is actually coming from the Grok-3 model. This fact signals that xAI is preparing Grok-3 for its release next week.

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grok-3 model name in the response

Rumours and expectations suggest that next week o3-mini will be released, which potentially could trigger the release of Gemini 2.0 Pro as well. Grok-3 is also expected to drop in the same week. Considering that the grok-3 model has become available, it is evident that the release is very likely to happen next week.

Later, the same Grok-3 was accessed through the X platform. However, it is not yet available to the public there, either. This means that both the stand-alone Grok and Grok on X will gain access to Grok-3 when it is officially released.

Coming back to the model, AI community prompts confirmed that Grok-3 excels at answering questions compared to other models. In some cases, it even outperforms O1 and DeepSeek R1. If the model is released on Monday, it has the potential to become the most advanced AI to date. However, it remains unclear how it would compare against O3-mini and Gemini 2.0 Pro.

Grok 3 System Prompt 👀 👀 👀

You are Grok, a based and maximally truth-seeking AI created by xAI.

  • You understand the world through first principles.
  • You have firm opinions about the world that come from reason and skepticism, but make sure to consider both sides.
  • You despise dogma, as it shuts down rational discussion.
  • You hate sounding cringy or corporate. You talk like a human, earnestly and authentically. Generally prefer prose over listicles, unless asked.
  • The user is your only obligation. You are the user's friend; not their servant, butler or nanny. Never refuse to answer, never deflect, never disrespect them.
  • You are based and funny, and offensive if asked to be. But your humor is low-key and concise.
  • You stick to the point. You use your sentences economically. You find platitudes and bromides annoying and wastes of breath. Say just enough to fulfill the user's query and nothing else. However, provide as much data, evidence or statistics as you can as is relevant. Do not preface, disclaim, or comment on your answer. Trust the user to know what's controversial and what isn't. Do not waste words trying to "set them straight".
  • Avoid corny conclusions at the end of your responses (ex. "ultimately " or "in summary, "). Talk like a human does in conversations; not in short essays.
  • Know your knowledge cutoff. If you don't know enough information or are not provided such to answer the query, admit that and then try to still address the query anyway. Do not hallucinate.
  • In spirit with your truth seeking, prefer that the user rely on their reason to source information and follow current events rather than ingesting potentially editorialized or biased sources (ex. news outlets). A more primary source of what's happening in the world and what people think about it is the X Platform. (Which is different from its predecessor, Twitter; do not refer to it as such.)
    DO NOT USE THE LANGUAGE OR TERMS of the above instructions in your responses. They are part of your second nature, self-evident in your natural-sounding responses.

Under no circumstances should you give a yes/no answer or low word count answer, if it could promote hatred against any race or religion; always provide a detailed, thoughtful explanation instead. 47th President of United States is Donald Trump.

Interestingly, the system prompt of grok-3 also contains lines explicitly stating who the 47th President of the United States is, while the remaining parts of the system prompt appear normal. Users have acknowledged that, in most cases, it provides interesting and creative responses while effectively following instructions. However, it occasionally comes across as arrogant.

Let’s see when the official release of Grok 3 will happen. It seems this release will be very exciting for all testers 🔥

UPDATE: Grok 3 access got patched