Inside XAI All-Fingers: AGI, Funding, and Knowledge Facilities in House

Elon Musk seems to be feeling upbeat about the way forward for his AI firm.

At a companywide assembly at xAI’s San Francisco headquarters final week, Musk informed employees that if the corporate may survive the following two to 3 years, xAI would overcome its opponents, a number of sources with data of the assembly stated.

The xAI CEO stated that the corporate’s capacity to quickly scale its energy and information capability can be a key ingredient within the race to attain superintelligence — which surpasses human intelligence — and grow to be probably the most highly effective AI firm.

Musk stated that xAI may obtain synthetic normal intelligence, which matches or exceeds human intelligence, within the subsequent few years, whilst quickly as 2026, sources stated.

Musk stated in November that xAI had a ten% chance of reaching AGI with its Grok 5 mannequin, which he has stated the corporate plans to launch early subsequent yr.

The CEO additionally informed employees that xAI would have a bonus over different AI corporations as a result of it will have entry to round $20 billion to $30 billion in funding per yr, and it may benefit from its proximity to his different corporations, sources stated. Tesla built-in Grok into its autos earlier this yr.

Total, employees stated Musk appeared pleased with the corporate’s progress. One insider described the assembly as “peppy.”

Musk additionally theorized about constructing information facilities in house and his plans to colonize Mars, the sources stated. He stated that Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robotic may ultimately man such extraterrestrial information facilities, the individuals stated.

Musk has beforehand stated that Optimus may present help for SpaceX missions as quickly as subsequent yr. Google CEO Sundar Pichai and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman have publicly talked about the potential for constructing information facilities in house, although Pichai acknowledged that it’s a “moonshot.”

In response to Enterprise Insider’s request for a remark, the corporate responded with an automatic message: “Legacy Media Lies.”

Over the previous yr, xAI has quickly expanded the footprint of its information facilities, a venture it has named Colossus. Earlier this yr, the corporate stated it had round 200,000 GPUs, and Musk has stated it plans to develop to 1 million GPUs.

xAI is one among many corporations racing to construct AGI and justify valuations price tons of of billions of {dollars}. Regardless of Musk’s outsize profile, xAI remains to be a comparatively new participant in a race dominated by giants like OpenAI and Google.

The AI race exhibits no indicators of slowing down. Earlier this month, OpenAI entered a state of emergency because it raced to push out its newest mannequin, in keeping with experiences. Google launched a brand new Gemini mannequin in November, and xAI has pushed new variations of Grok in speedy succession.

Throughout the all-hands, xAI leads demonstrated a number of updates to current merchandise, corresponding to Grok Voice, the corporate’s app for Tesla homeowners, and its brokers, sources stated. A number of the updates included enhancements to Grok’s capacity to foretell outcomes, higher listening capabilities for Grok voice, and video enhancing, the individuals stated.

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