Reported about 16 hours ago
Elon Musk's AI company xAI has laid off 500 employees from its data annotation team as part of a strategic pivot to prioritize specialist AI tutors. This reduction, which affects about one-third of the 1,500-member team, is aimed at enhancing its focus on specialized areas while scaling back generalist roles. Despite these layoffs, xAI plans to significantly increase the number of specialist AI tutor positions.
Source: YAHOO