Grok 3 Boosts Usage to Record Levels
April 10, 2025
OwenLewis
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Last week, Elon Musk's AI outfit, xAI, dropped Grok 3, their much-anticipated flagship AI model. Grok 3 is the brains behind the Grok chatbot apps you can find on your phone and the web, not to mention the Grok experience on Musk's social network, X. With the AI chatbot market being as crowded as a Black Friday sale, it was anyone's guess whether Grok 3 would even make a dent. I mean, OpenAI's ChatGPT is pulling in a whopping 400 million weekly active users. But, lo and behold, the early numbers are showing that folks are indeed downloading and giving Grok a whirl.
Sensor Tower, those market intelligence gurus, crunched the numbers and found that worldwide and U.S. mobile app downloads of Grok shot up over 10 times each in the week Grok 3 hit the scene, compared to the week before. And get this—the daily active users for Grok's U.S. app jumped a whopping 260% last week, while globally, they climbed 5 times over the previous week.
Now, here's a bit of a twist: Grok 3's release happened to coincide with the Grok app expanding into new markets in Europe, Latin America, and Southeast Asia. So, some of that global growth might be thanks to that move.
But it's not just the mobile apps that are seeing action. Grok's web app, Grok.com, also saw a surge in traffic. According to Similarweb, those digital intelligence folks, U.S. daily visits to Grok.com went from about 189,000 to over 900,000 right after Grok 3's release. Worldwide, daily visits skyrocketed from 627,000 to a cool 4.5 million.
Those are some pretty sweet numbers, no doubt about it. But the million-dollar question is, can xAI keep the ball rolling and hold onto those users?
There's been a bit of drama that might put a damper on the Grok 3 hype. Over the weekend, the model started censoring some not-so-flattering mentions of President Donald Trump and Musk himself, which xAI blamed on a rogue employee. And just a few days before that, users found out that Grok 3 was saying that both Trump and Musk deserved the death penalty. xAI was quick to fix that, though.
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SamuelRoberts
April 10, 2025 at 6:01:18 AM GMT
Grok 3 is pretty cool, it's like having a smart friend in my pocket! The chatbot on X is super handy, but sometimes it gets a bit too chatty. Overall, it's a solid upgrade, though I wish it was a bit quicker. Anyone else feel the same?
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JamesBaker
April 10, 2025 at 6:01:18 AM GMT
Grok 3は便利ですね、スマホで使えるのが最高！ただ、Xでのチャットが少し冗長に感じることもあります。全体的に良いアップデートだと思いますが、もう少し早く反応してくれると嬉しいです。皆さんも同じ思いですか？
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ThomasGonzalez
April 10, 2025 at 6:01:18 AM GMT
Grok 3 정말 편리해요, 핸드폰에서 사용할 수 있어서 좋아요! 다만 X에서의 채팅이 조금 길게 느껴질 때가 있어요. 전반적으로 좋은 업데이트라고 생각하지만, 반응이 좀 더 빨랐으면 좋겠어요. 여러분도 같은 생각인가요?
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KeithHarris
April 10, 2025 at 6:01:18 AM GMT
Grok 3 é bem legal, é como ter um amigo inteligente no meu bolso! O chatbot no X é super útil, mas às vezes fica um pouco falante demais. No geral, é uma boa atualização, embora eu gostasse que fosse um pouco mais rápido. Alguém mais sente o mesmo?
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JustinAnderson
April 10, 2025 at 6:01:18 AM GMT
Grok 3 es bastante genial, es como tener un amigo inteligente en mi bolsillo. El chatbot en X es muy útil, pero a veces se pone un poco charlatán. En general, es una buena actualización, aunque desearía que fuera un poco más rápido. ¿Alguien más siente lo mismo?
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RoyWhite
April 12, 2025 at 7:05:25 AM GMT
Grok 3 is pretty cool, it's like having a smart friend in my pocket! The chatbot on X is super helpful, but sometimes it gets a bit too chatty. Overall, it's a solid upgrade, though I wish it was a bit quicker. Worth a try if you're into AI stuff!
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April 10, 2025
OwenLewis
70
Last week, Elon Musk's AI outfit, xAI, dropped Grok 3, their much-anticipated flagship AI model. Grok 3 is the brains behind the Grok chatbot apps you can find on your phone and the web, not to mention the Grok experience on Musk's social network, X. With the AI chatbot market being as crowded as a Black Friday sale, it was anyone's guess whether Grok 3 would even make a dent. I mean, OpenAI's ChatGPT is pulling in a whopping 400 million weekly active users. But, lo and behold, the early numbers are showing that folks are indeed downloading and giving Grok a whirl.
Sensor Tower, those market intelligence gurus, crunched the numbers and found that worldwide and U.S. mobile app downloads of Grok shot up over 10 times each in the week Grok 3 hit the scene, compared to the week before. And get this—the daily active users for Grok's U.S. app jumped a whopping 260% last week, while globally, they climbed 5 times over the previous week.
Now, here's a bit of a twist: Grok 3's release happened to coincide with the Grok app expanding into new markets in Europe, Latin America, and Southeast Asia. So, some of that global growth might be thanks to that move.
But it's not just the mobile apps that are seeing action. Grok's web app, Grok.com, also saw a surge in traffic. According to Similarweb, those digital intelligence folks, U.S. daily visits to Grok.com went from about 189,000 to over 900,000 right after Grok 3's release. Worldwide, daily visits skyrocketed from 627,000 to a cool 4.5 million.
Those are some pretty sweet numbers, no doubt about it. But the million-dollar question is, can xAI keep the ball rolling and hold onto those users?
There's been a bit of drama that might put a damper on the Grok 3 hype. Over the weekend, the model started censoring some not-so-flattering mentions of President Donald Trump and Musk himself, which xAI blamed on a rogue employee. And just a few days before that, users found out that Grok 3 was saying that both Trump and Musk deserved the death penalty. xAI was quick to fix that, though.
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According to court d
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When Elon Musk declared that his AI startup, xAI, had taken over his social media platform, X (previously known as Twitter), in a full stock swap, it certainly turned heads. Yet, in many ways, this move was logical. xAI's chatbot, Grok, was already intricately linked with X, and the social media gia
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Elon Musk's AI outfit, xAI, has spiced things up by adding image generation to its API. Right now, they've got just one model on the roster, dubbed "grok-2-image-1212." Feed it a caption, and it'll whip up to 10 images for you in JPG format, with a cap of five requests per second. Each image will se
April 10, 2025 at 6:01:18 AM GMT
Grok 3 is pretty cool, it's like having a smart friend in my pocket! The chatbot on X is super handy, but sometimes it gets a bit too chatty. Overall, it's a solid upgrade, though I wish it was a bit quicker. Anyone else feel the same?
0
April 10, 2025 at 6:01:18 AM GMT
Grok 3は便利ですね、スマホで使えるのが最高！ただ、Xでのチャットが少し冗長に感じることもあります。全体的に良いアップデートだと思いますが、もう少し早く反応してくれると嬉しいです。皆さんも同じ思いですか？
0
April 10, 2025 at 6:01:18 AM GMT
Grok 3 정말 편리해요, 핸드폰에서 사용할 수 있어서 좋아요! 다만 X에서의 채팅이 조금 길게 느껴질 때가 있어요. 전반적으로 좋은 업데이트라고 생각하지만, 반응이 좀 더 빨랐으면 좋겠어요. 여러분도 같은 생각인가요?
0
April 10, 2025 at 6:01:18 AM GMT
Grok 3 é bem legal, é como ter um amigo inteligente no meu bolso! O chatbot no X é super útil, mas às vezes fica um pouco falante demais. No geral, é uma boa atualização, embora eu gostasse que fosse um pouco mais rápido. Alguém mais sente o mesmo?
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April 10, 2025 at 6:01:18 AM GMT
Grok 3 es bastante genial, es como tener un amigo inteligente en mi bolsillo. El chatbot en X es muy útil, pero a veces se pone un poco charlatán. En general, es una buena actualización, aunque desearía que fuera un poco más rápido. ¿Alguien más siente lo mismo?
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April 12, 2025 at 7:05:25 AM GMT
Grok 3 is pretty cool, it's like having a smart friend in my pocket! The chatbot on X is super helpful, but sometimes it gets a bit too chatty. Overall, it's a solid upgrade, though I wish it was a bit quicker. Worth a try if you're into AI stuff!
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