Musk’s xAI lays off at least 500 workers, BI reports

Elon Musk’s xAI laid off at least 500 workers on its data annotation team, the company’s largest team, Grace Kay of Business Insider reports, citing several emails reviewed by the journal. “After a thorough review of our Human Data efforts, we’ve decided to accelerate the expansion and prioritization of our specialist AI tutors, while scaling back our focus on general AI tutor roles. This strategic pivot will take effect immediately,” the email read, according to BI. “As part of this shift in focus, we no longer need most generalist AI tutor positions and your employment with xAI will conclude.”