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xAI Workers Leak Disturbing Information About Grok Users

xAI has been beset by chaos and controversy. The company laid off 500 workers, including high-level employees and those in ...

Inside xAI's tumultuous month: Workers locked out of Slack, a 'chaotic' all-hands meeting, and waves of job cuts

Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, has had a chaotic start to the month. Workers saw a leadership exodus, one-on-one reviews, and ...

Executives at xAI Clashed With Musk Advisers Before Departing

Some of those who left say they were concerned about how Jared Birchall and John Hering were trying to run the artificial ...

xAI debuts a faster and more cost-effective version of Grok 4

AI's latest Grok 4 Fast model is faster and can smoothly transition between complex tasks and simple requests.

Elon Musk's xAI put a college student in charge of the team training Grok amid sweeping layoffs

Diego Pasini graduated from high school in 2023. He took over xAI's data annotation team earlier this month.
Observer

Elon Musk’s xAI Is Redefining Data Annotation—an Unglamorous But Vital Job in A.I.

Data annotation—labeling text, images, and video for training—is central to A.I. Grok maker xAI is shifting from generalists ...

xAI reportedly lays off 500 workers from data-annotation team

Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI laid off 500 team members on Friday night, according to internal messages viewed by Business ...
NextBigFuture

XAI Colossus 2 First Gigawatt AI Data Center

XAI Colossus 2's is targeting ~1 Gigwatt as soon as possible. They have natural gas turbines for primary generation, ...

OpenAI Hires xAI’s Former CFO After Abrupt Exit From Musk’s Firm

OpenAI hired former xAI Chief Financial Officer Mike Liberatore after the finance expert quit Elon Musk’s company just a few ...

Elon Musk’s xAI to Launch ‘Macrohard,’ an AI-Driven Rival to Microsoft

Elon Musk’s xAI is building Macrohard, an AI-powered software firm aiming to rival Microsoft, with fresh global hiring underway.