Elon Musk launches AI capable of surpassing PhD level

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La Jornada Newspaper, Friday, July 11, 2025, p. 6

Madrid. Elon Musk and the executives at xAI launched Grok 4, the new version of the American firm's language model, which has been presented as the world's smartest AI , capable of surpassing the doctoral level.

The tycoon unveiled his flagship artificial intelligence model this Thursday, along with a new subscription plan that reaches $300 a month (about 5,600 pesos), offering his most advanced version, the Grok 4 Heavy.

In the presentation, Musk claimed that Grok 4 is the smartest AI in the world, smarter than almost all graduate students in every discipline, and he specified that it even surpasses the doctoral level in every subject, without exception . However, Musk clarified that Grok 4 is not yet capable of inventing new technologies or making breakthroughs by discovering theories in the field of physics.

But this is just a matter of time, I think I could discover new technologies as soon as after this year, and I would be surprised if I didn't do it next year , he said.

xAI launched two models: Grok 4 and Grok 4 Heavy. The latter is a multi-agent version of the company that offers greater performance, as it uses several agents to work on a solution simultaneously. It's also capable of comparing their work like a study group to find the best solution.