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ForkLog 11 12.02.2025

Engineer Departs xAI Over Grok 3 Post Dispute

AI engineer Benjamin DeKraker announced his departure from Elon Musk’s startup xAI, citing a disagreement with management over a post on X. I resigned from xAI tonight. It makes me very sad, but was the right thing to do — and here’s why. xAI told me I either had to delete the post quoted below, […]

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ForkLog 197 11.02.2025

Sam Altman Declines Elon Musk’s $97.4 Billion Offer for OpenAI

A group of investors led by Elon Musk proposed to acquire the controlling nonprofit organization of OpenAI for $97.4 billion, but the offer was declined. This was reported by WSJ, citing informed sources. no thank you but we will buy twitter for $9.74 billion if you want — Sam Altman (@sama) February 10, 2025 “Thank […]

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ForkLog 70 24.12.2024

Elon Musk’s Startup to Launch Grok iOS App

Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI is testing an iOS application for its chatbot Grok, which is currently available only to X users, reports TechCrunch. Beta testing has commenced in Australia and several other countries. The app accesses real-time internet data and offers standard AI features such as text processing and image generation based on prompts. […]

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ForkLog 27 06.12.2024

Elon Musk’s xAI Secures $6 Billion in Funding

Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI has secured $6 billion, according to a filing with the SEC. The identities of the investors and the company’s valuation remain undisclosed. In May, xAI raised $6 billion, bringing the total amount of funds raised to $12 billion. According to the Financial Times, investors from the previous round gained access […]

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ForkLog 18 28.11.2024

Elon Musk’s AI Startup to Launch App Following $5 Billion Funding

Elon Musk’s AI startup, xAI, is preparing to release a standalone consumer application, according to WSJ, citing sources. The publication reports that the app will resemble OpenAI’s ChatGPT, allowing users direct access to the AI-based chatbot Grok from personal devices. The application is set to launch following the closure of the next funding round, journalists […]

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ForkLog 61 11.11.2024

X Tests Free Version of Grok AI Chatbot

Elon Musk’s social network X has initiated testing of a free version of its AI-based chatbot, Grok, in select regions with certain limitations, according to platform users. BREAKING: Free Grok is coming(With limits)?! It will be limited locations at first pic.twitter.com/V8tbV8QkQt — Lohan Simpson (@Lohansimpson) November 10, 2024 TechCrunch confirmed that access without a paid […]

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ForkLog 11 09.09.2024

Musk Denies Tesla Revenue Sharing with xAI

Entrepreneur Elon Musk has refuted claims that Tesla discussed the possibility of using AI models from his startup xAI and sharing revenue. Haven’t read the article, but the above is not accurate. Tesla has learned a lot from discussions with engineers at xAI that have helped accelerate achieving unsupervised FSD, but there is no need […]

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ForkLog 37 03.09.2024

xAI Launches World’s Largest AI Training System

The AI startup xAI has unveiled its Colossus AI training cluster, utilizing 100,000 Nvidia H100 graphics processors, as announced by the company’s head, Elon Musk. This weekend, the @xAI team brought our Colossus 100k H100 training cluster online. From start to finish, it was done in 122 days. Colossus is the most powerful AI training […]

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ForkLog 121 28.08.2024

Elon Musk’s xAI Faces Environmental Allegations in Memphis

Environmental advocates have accused Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI of exacerbating ecological conditions in Memphis, Tennessee. This was reported by CNBC. The company allegedly operates gas turbines for its new data processing center without proper authorization. Shortly after securing $6 billion in funding, xAI announced the opening of a data center at the former Electrolux […]

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ForkLog 81 14.08.2024

xAI Launches Grok-2 with Image Generation Capabilities

Elon Musk’s company xAI has launched the beta version of Grok-2 and Grok-2 mini. The neural network can generate images in X and is said to have “advanced capabilities in chat, programming, and reasoning.” https://t.co/2QIqApWk0Y — xAI (@xai) August 14, 2024 The advanced Grok-2 model and its lighter version are available to Premium and Premium+ […]

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ForkLog 43 29.07.2024

X Enables User Data Sharing for Grok AI Training, Offers Opt-Out

The social network X has automatically activated a feature allowing user data to be used for training the Grok AI and has provided an option to opt out of sharing personal information on its web version. All X users have the ability to control whether their public posts can be used to train Grok, the […]

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ForkLog 14 10.07.2024

Elon Musk’s xAI Declines New Oracle Chips

Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI and technology company Oracle failed to reach a compromise during negotiations to expand a $10 billion server lease agreement, according to The Information. Discussions were halted due to disagreements over timelines and power supply issues, media reports indicate. The existing chip lease agreement with Oracle remains in effect. Elon Musk […]

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