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Musk’s xAI lays off hundreds of data annotators, Business Insider reports

Elon Musk's xAI laid off about one-third of its 1,500-person data annotation team, about 500 workers, to prioritize a 10-fold expansion of specialist AI tutors for enhanced Grok development.

  • Elon Musk's xAI has laid off at least 500 workers from its data annotation team, which helps develop the company's Grok chatbot.
  • The data annotation team, xAI's largest, teaches Grok to understand the world by contextualizing and categorizing raw data.
  • Musk launched xAI in 2023 to challenge Big Tech's AI push, accusing industry leaders of excessive censorship and lax safety standards.
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