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Did Grok Voice 3 Top the Voice Boards?

Alex Volkov says xAI dropped Grok Voice 3, and he puts the word apparently on that drop. What he states outright is the ranking. Grok Voice 3 tops the speech to speech leaderboards.

He asks the room whether anyone can see the speech to speech leaderboard, then gives the result. Grok Voice 3 sits at the top. He follows the ranking with a second report and hedges that one the same way. Apparently, all of the Starlink support calls are now used by Grok Voice 3. Alex Volkov is passing along the week's news on the new xAI speech model, and the Starlink line stays a claim he heard, not a rollout he confirms in his own voice.

The firm point in the rundown is the leaderboard. Grok Voice 3 leads speech to speech. The Starlink support-call story travels with the word apparently, so the live takeover stays unconfirmed in the segment.

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