Community questions Elon Musk's missed timeline for open-sourcing Grok 3

A Reddit community discussion has highlighted Elon Musk's unfulfilled promise to open-source the Grok 3 language model within a six-month timeframe. Despite the passage of a year since the statement, the model's source code has not yet been released to the public. The delay raises questions about xAI's commitment to open-source AI development, which previously saw the open-sourcing of Grok 1. It also highlights the tension between public promises by tech leaders and the actual commercial deployment strategies of proprietary models. While xAI officially released its flagship Grok 3 model in February 2025, it remains accessible primarily through proprietary interfaces rather than under an open-source license. This contrasts with earlier models like Grok 1, which were released with open weights.