超越DeepSeek？马斯克发布Grok 3大模型

近日，马斯克旗下初创公司xAI发布了全新大模型Grok 3，声称该模型在各种基准测试中均优于DeepSeek和OpenAI的模型。

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🤔️小作业：

1. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a feature of Grok 3 in the article?

A. Improved voice interaction capabilities.

B. Extensive research and data analysis capabilities.

C. Enhanced ability to generate text and photos.

D. The ability to assist with coding.

无注释原文：

Elon Musk's xAI Launches Grok 3 Chatbot, as It Races to Catch Rivals

From: The Wall Street Journal

Elon Musk's artificial-intelligence startup, xAI, has unveiled its latest AI model, Grok 3, claiming it outperforms DeepSeek and OpenAI models across various benchmarks.

Musk said the latest version has more than 10 times the computing power of its previous version, speaking in a livestream on Monday, alongside three members of xAI's engineering team. Grok 3 completed its pre-training in early January, they added.

Citing its own comparisons using math, science and coding benchmarks, xAI claimed Grok 3's outperforms Google's Gemini 2.0 Pro, DeepSeek's V3 model, Anthropic's Claude 3.5 Sonnet and OpenAI's GPT-4o.

"We should emphasize that this is kind of a beta-like, meaning that you should expect some imperfections at first, but we will improve it rapidly, almost every day," Musk said.

The xAI team added that it built its own data "to build the best AI out there," utilizing 200,000 graphics processing units.

The company first launched its stand-alone consumer chatbot, Grok, in January, which shares its name with the AI language model.

Musk added that a voice function to interact with the chatbot is "about a week away" from being publicly released.

In addition, xAI introduced a new search engine product called DeepSearch, which it described it as the "first generation of our Grok agents."

A demonstration showed a chatbot-like interface that can conduct extensive research, analyze data and assist with coding. DeepSearch can also explain its reasoning process, providing insight into how it answers questions and plans responses.

Grok 3 features and the DeepSearch function will be first available to Premium+ subscribers on the social media platform X, with a broader rollout planned in the coming days.

It also introduced a new subscription plan called SuperGrok for its mobile app and website, offering subscribers access to the latest Grok features and updates.

The latest announcement comes amid a frenzy triggered by Chinese AI startup DeepSeek, after launching its open-source AI model, R1. DeepSeek claims the model excels at problem solving, rivaling OpenAI's GPT-4o reasoning model and most notably, at a fraction of the cost per use.

This has raised concerns over the demand for advanced chips and data centers, while also boosting optimism in China's AI sector. In recent weeks, Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba released its upgraded AI model, while tech giant Baidu said it will make its AI chatbot available to use free-of-charge, adding to the growing competition.

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含注释全文：

Elon Musk's xAI Launches Grok 3 Chatbot, as It Races to Catch Rivals

From: The Wall Street Journal

Elon Musk's artificial-intelligence startup, xAI, has unveiled its latest AI model, Grok 3, claiming it outperforms DeepSeek and OpenAI models across various benchmarks.

马斯克(Elon Musk)麾下人工智能初创公司xAI推出最新版AI模型Grok 3，声称该模型在各种基准测试中均优于DeepSeek和OpenAI的模型。

startup / start-up /ˈstɑːt.ʌp/ 表示“刚起步的小企业，新兴小型企业；初创公司”，英文解释为“a small business that has just been started”如：start-up costs 创业成本，举个🌰：Start-ups are very vulnerable in the business world. 商界中刚起步的小企业非常脆弱。

unveil /ʌnˈveɪl/ 1）表示“ 为…揭幕；揭开…上的覆盖物；拉开…的帷幔”，英文解释为“to remove a cover or curtain from a painting, statue, etc. so that it can be seen in public for the first time”举个🌰：She unveiled a plaque to mark the official opening of the hospital. 她主持揭幕式，标志着医院正式启用。

2）表示“（首次）展示，介绍，推出；将…公之于众”，英文解释为“to show or introduce a new plan, product, etc. to the public for the first time”举个🌰：They will be unveiling their new models at the Motor Show. 他们将在汽车大展上首次推出自己的新型汽车。

🎬电影《复仇者联盟1》（The Avengers）中的台词提到：We look beyond the Earth to the greater worlds the Tesseract will unveil. 而我们则放眼地球之外 那些将被宇宙魔方开启的更广博的世界。

🎬电影《超人高校》（Sky High）中的台词提到：We can't unveil the Stronghold Three without Will. 我们不能在威尔（Will）不在场时 向大家介绍斯特朗霍德三侠（Stronghold Three）。

📍词根“-veil”表示"面纱"，前缀“un-”表示“不”。联想宫殿：在宫殿的一个房间，你看到一个被面纱覆盖的新产品即将被“揭露”。近义词：reveal（揭示） 同根词：veil（面纱），常用短语：unveil a plan（公布计划）

outperform /ˌaʊt.pəˈfɔːm/ 表示“超过，胜过；比…做得好”，英文解释为“to do well in a particular job or activity compared to others of a similar type”举个🌰：The company has consistently outperformed its rivals this season. 这一季，这家公司的表现一直优于竞争对手。

benchmark /ˈbentʃ.mɑːk/ 表示“基准（点）”，英文解释为“a level of quality that can be used as a standard when comparing other things”举个🌰：Her outstanding performances set a new benchmark for singers throughout the world. 她的精彩表演为全世界歌手树立了新典范。

Musk said the latest version has more than 10 times the computing power of its previous version, speaking in a livestream on Monday, alongside three members of xAI's engineering team. Grok 3 completed its pre-training in early January, they added.

马斯克周一与xAI工程团队的三名成员一起进行了直播，他在直播中表示，最新版本的算力是之前版本的10倍以上。他们还表示，Grok 3已于1月上旬完成预训练。

livestream/live-stream 表示“互联网直播，线上直播，流直播”，英文解释为“to broadcast video and sound of an event over the internet as it happens, or to be broadcast in this way”

Citing its own comparisons using math, science and coding benchmarks, xAI claimed Grok 3's outperforms Google's Gemini 2.0 Pro, DeepSeek's V3 model, Anthropic's Claude 3.5 Sonnet and OpenAI's GPT-4o.

xAI援引其自身使用数学、科学和编码基准进行的比较称，Grok 3的性能优于谷歌(Google)的Gemini 2.0 Pro、DeepSeek的V3模型、Anthropic的Claude 3.5 Sonnet和OpenAI的GPT-4o。

cite /saɪt/ 1）表示“援引；传唤，传讯”，英文解释为“to officially name or mention someone or something in a law court, or to officially request someone to appear in a court of law”举个🌰：He has been cited as the co-respondent in the divorce case. 他作为这起离婚案的共同被告被传讯。

2）表示“举例，引证”，英文解释为“to mention something as proof for a theory or as a reason why something has happened”举个🌰：She cited three reasons why people get into debt. 她举出了人们为何负债的3个原因。

3）表示“引用，引述”，英文解释为“to speak or write words taken from a particular writer or written work”

"We should emphasize that this is kind of a beta-like, meaning that you should expect some imperfections at first, but we will improve it rapidly, almost every day," Musk said.

马斯克说：“我们要强调的是，这基本相当于一个测试版，也就是说你一开始应该预料到它会有一些缺陷，但我们会迅速改进，几乎每天都在改进。”

imperfection /ˌɪm.pəˈfek.ʃən/ 表示“缺点；弱点”，英文解释为“a fault or weakness”举个🌰：Gradually she began to notice one or two little imperfections in his character. 渐渐地，她开始注意到他性格上的一两个小缺点。

The xAI team added that it built its own data "to build the best AI out there," utilizing 200,000 graphics processing units.

该xAI团队补充说，已经建立了自己的数据“来打造最好的AI”，利用了20万个图形处理器。

Graphics processing unit，即GPU，图形处理器。

The company first launched its stand-alone consumer chatbot, Grok, in January, which shares its name with the AI language model.

该公司今年1月首次推出了独立的消费者聊天机器人Grok，该聊天机器人与这款AI语言模型同名。

Musk added that a voice function to interact with the chatbot is "about a week away" from being publicly released.

马斯克补充说，与这款聊天机器人交互的语音功能距离公开发布“还有大约一周时间”。

In addition, xAI introduced a new search engine product called DeepSearch, which it described it as the "first generation of our Grok agents."

xAI还推出了一款名为DeepSearch的新搜索引擎产品，并将其描述为“我们的第一代Grok智能体”。

A demonstration showed a chatbot-like interface that can conduct extensive research, analyze data and assist with coding. DeepSearch can also explain its reasoning process, providing insight into how it answers questions and plans responses.

一项演示展示出一个类似聊天机器人的界面，可以进行广泛的研究、分析数据并协助编码。DeepSearch还可以解释其推理过程，让人们了解它是如何回答问题和规划回应的。

interface /ˈɪn.tə.feɪs/ 表示“接口；界面”，英文解释为“a connection between two pieces of electronic equipment, or between a person and a computer”举个🌰：My computer has a network interface, which allows me to get to other computers. 我的计算机有网络接口，可以与其他计算机连在一起。

Grok 3 features and the DeepSearch function will be first available to Premium+ subscribers on the social media platform X, with a broader rollout planned in the coming days.

Grok 3功能和DeepSearch功能将首先面向社交媒体平台X上的Premium+订阅用户开放，并计划在未来数日内进行更广泛的推出。

表示“订购者，订阅人；用户；定期捐款者”，英文解释为“someone who subscribes to a product, service, or organization”举个🌰：Cable television companies have launched major campaigns to increase their number of subscribers. 有线电视公司已开展大型促销活动以增加用户数。

rollout作名词时，表示“首次提供（产品或服务）”，英文解释为“the act of making something, especially a product or service, available for the first time”举个🌰：Since its rollout in 2011, Wechat has gained billions of members. 自从2011年首次提供使用以来，微信已经吸引了数以亿计的用户。

📍2020年政府工作报告Part 12中就提到：We will support the rollout of e-commerce and express delivery services in rural areas to expand rural consumption. 支持电商、快递进农村，拓展农村消费。

📍roll out 动词短语，表示“推出（新产品或服务）”，英文解释为“If a company rolls out a new product or service, or if the product or service rolls out, it is made available to the public.”举个🌰：Microsoft rolls out its new operating system. 微软推出了它的新操作系统。

📍此外，roll out还有另一个含义，表示“将…轧平”，英文解释为“to make sth flat by pushing sth over it”举个🌰：Roll out the pastry. 将油酥面团擀平。

🎬电影《老爸上战场》（Dad's Army）中刚好有这个例句：Shall I roll out the pastry?  我要把面团轧平吗？

It also introduced a new subscription plan called SuperGrok for its mobile app and website, offering subscribers access to the latest Grok features and updates.

xAI还为其移动应用程序和网站推出了一项名为SuperGrok的新订阅计划，订阅用户可以访问最新的Grok功能和更新。

subscription /səbˈskrɪp.ʃən/ 表示“（报刊等的）订阅费，订购款，订阅，订购”，英文解释为“an amount of money you pay, usually once a year, to receive regular copies of a newspaper or magazine, etc.; the act of paying this money”如：an annual subscription 一年期订阅。

The latest announcement comes amid a frenzy triggered by Chinese AI startup DeepSeek, after launching its open-source AI model, R1. DeepSeek claims the model excels at problem solving, rivaling OpenAI's GPT-4o reasoning model and most notably, at a fraction of the cost per use.

这份最新公告的发布正值中国AI初创公司DeepSeek推出的开源AI模型R1后引发狂热之际。DeepSeek声称，R1模型在解决问题方面表现出色，可与OpenAI的GPT-4o推理模型相媲美，而且最值得注意的是，R1使用成本仅为GPT-4o的一小部分。

frenzy /ˈfren.zi/ 表示“疯狂，狂热，狂暴”，英文解释为“(an example of) uncontrolled and excited behaviour or emotion that is sometimes violent”举个🌰：The audience worked/whipped themselves into a frenzy as they waited for her to come on stage. 观众在期待她登上舞台的过程中情绪变得狂热起来。

📍这个词来自古法语的frenesie，表示“疯狂”。近义词：mania（狂热），fury（狂怒）；同根词：frenetic（狂热的）；常用短语：in a frenzy（处于狂热中）

📍work yourself into a frenzy / panic / state etc,表示“使自己变得疯狂/恐慌/紧张等”（to make yourself become very nervous, angry etc）举个🌰：He seemed to be working himself into a rage. 他似乎开始怒火中烧。

trigger /ˈtrɪɡ.ər/ 1）作动词，除了表示“发动；引起；触发”，英文解释为“to make sth happen suddenly”举个🌰：Nuts can trigger off a violent allergic reaction. 坚果可以引起严重的过敏反应。

2）作名词，表示“扳机”，英文解释为“The trigger of a gun is a small lever which you pull to fire it.”举个🌰：A man pointed a gun at them and pulled the trigger. 一个男人用枪指着他们，扣动了扳机。

类似的还有：

📍stir表示“激发，激起（强烈的感情）；引起（强烈的反应）”，英文解释为“to make someone have a strong feeling or reaction”举个🌰：The poem succeeds in stirring the imagination. 这首诗能够激发起想象力。

📍provoke也表示“激起，引起”，英文解释为“to cause a reaction or feeling, especially a sudden one”，如：provoke debate/discussion 激起辩论/讨论。

📍spur 鼓动；激励；鞭策；刺激；鼓舞”，英文解释为“If one thing spurs you to do another, it encourages you to do it.”举个🌰：It's the money that spurs these fishermen to risk a long ocean journey in their flimsy boats. 是金钱驱使这些渔民驾驶单薄的小船冒险出海远航。

🎬电影《龙之心3：巫师的诅咒》（Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse）中的台词提到：To spur the clans to war. 激励部族发起战争。

表示“（免费并允许公众对源程序代码进行修改的）开放源码的”，英文解释为“Open-source software is free to use, and the original program can be changed by anyone.”

excel /ɪkˈsel/ 表示“擅长；善于；突出”，英文解释为“to be very good at doing sth”举个🌰：She has always excelled in foreign languages. 她的外语从来都是出类拔萃。

📍2019年政府工作报告Part 5中就提到：体育健儿在国际大赛上再创佳绩。Chinese athletes excelled themselves in international competitions.

🎬电影《热血警探》（Blue Fury）中的台词提到：Academically excelled in theoretical course work and final year examinations. 在校期间理论课成绩和年终测评均为优，

rival /ˈraɪ.vəl/ 作名词，表示“竞争对手；敌手”，英文解释为“a person, group, etc. competing with others for the same thing or in the same area”

作动词，表示“可与…相媲美，比得上”，英文解释为“to be as good, clever, beautiful, etc. as someone or something else”举个🌰：No computer can rival a human brain for/in complexity. 没有任何计算机比得上人脑复杂。

fraction /ˈfræk.ʃən/ 表示“少量”，英文解释为“A fraction of something is a tiny amount or proportion of it.”举个🌰：She hesitated for a fraction of a second before responding. 她犹豫了一下才回应。

At a fraction of sth意味着以某物的极低价格或者比其他事物小得多的尺寸、数量等。换句话说，就是以远低于原价的价格，或者比其他事物占用更少的资源或空间。（for a much lower price than something else, or in a much smaller size, amount, etc. than something else）

This has raised concerns over the demand for advanced chips and data centers, while also boosting optimism in China's AI sector. In recent weeks, Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba released its upgraded AI model, while tech giant Baidu said it will make its AI chatbot available to use free-of-charge, adding to the growing competition.

这引发了对先进芯片和数据中心需求的担忧，同时也增强了人们对中国AI行业的乐观情绪。在最近几周，中国电子商务巨头阿里巴巴(Alibaba)发布了其AI模型的升级版，而科技巨头百度(Baidu)表示将免费开放其AI聊天机器人的使用，加剧了市场竞争。

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