xAI sees Anthropic's Claude as the AI coding tool to beat, docs show
Briefly

xAI is focused on outperforming Anthropic's AI model Claude 3.7 Sonnet. They hired contractors through Scale AI to enhance Grok's capabilities in coding. The contractors aimed to improve Grok's ranking on WebDev Arena, a key leaderboard for AI models in web development. The importance of these rankings is highlighted by the competitive atmosphere among tech companies, which seek funding and attention through leaderboard success. Anthropic's Claude consistently ranks among the top models, making it a significant competitor for xAI.
Elon Musk's AI company used contractors to train Grok on coding tasks with the goal of topping a popular AI leaderboard, specifically to outperform Anthropic's Claude 3.7 Sonnet tool.
Contractors were tasked with "hillclimbing" Grok's ranking on WebDev Arena, an influential leaderboard that pits AI models against each other in web development challenges.
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