[qq66]

No, it's clearly much more than that. He was able to get Grok to a frontier-level LLM while Apple and Microsoft, with far more money to throw at the problem, and more existentially threatened by not succeeding, have not.

[jackvalentine]

Have Microsoft and Apple even tried? I haven’t seen any evidence that it’s their goal.

[kranke155]

Microsoft didn’t but Apple did.

So did Meta.

[franktankbank]

Is there any secret sauce behind LLM other than big money? I'm under the impression that its a known recipe at its core and for many of the enhancements around it.

[qq66]

If there wasn't, Apple would have been able to buy one.