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Musk's xAI to raise up to $12 billion in debt for AI expansion, WSJ reports
Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI is working with a financier to secure up to $12 billion more for its ...
Musk Allies to Raise Up to $12 Billion for xAI Chips as Startup Burns Through Cash
XAI is tapping into the booming private-credit market to find the cash it needs to build massive data centers.
Musk’s xAI Is Trying to Raise Money, WSJ Says. What That Means for Tesla Stock.
A dynamic is emerging among Elon Musk’s Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI, fueling talk of consolidation. That isn’t necessarily a ...
Elon Musk's xAI tried to teach Grok how to be human — by recording its own workers' faces
During a project called "Skippy," tutors recorded themselves making facial expressions. It would help "give Grok a face," one ...
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xAI seeks $12bn in debt to fund Colossus 2 data center, with first chips online "in a few weeks"
Elon Musk's xAI business is working with a financier to secure $12 billion in debt to fund its Colossus 2 data center and its ...
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xAI staff question ethics behind requests to record their facial expressions in Grok training
AI employees were asked to record facial expressions to train Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok, raising internal privacy concerns.
xAI workers balked over training request to help “give Grok a face,” docs show
Dozens of xAI employees expressed concerns—and many objected—when asked to record videos of their facial expressions to help "give Grok a face," Business Insider reported. BI reviewed internal ...
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XAI Build AI Data Centers at Warp Speed – 30 Times Compute of Grok 3 in 7 Months
XAI is complete installation of 550,000 Nvidia B200 GPUs in weeks. This is far faster than previously expected. It is over 7 ...
xAI reportedly asked staff for “perpetual” access to their face recordings.
In April, xAI asked workers to record their facial expressions as part of efforts to train Grok to understand human emotions, according to a report from Business Insider. During the process, xAI ...
Elon Musk's xAI purchases former Duke Energy site in Southaven: Here's everything we know
AI is expanding its Mid-South footprint with the purchase of a 114.49-acre Stanton Road property in Southaven.
Leaked Documents Show xAI Employees Were Alarmed by Something They Were Asked to Do at Elon Musk's AI Startup
As AI companies continue to push for more polluting data centers to train increasingly energy-intensive AI models, Meta is ...