Elon Musk, the world's richest man, is also the owner of Tesla. The CEO of [company name], who is also the founder of xAI, both companies are currently advancing artificial intelligence. (AI) project. And he himself seems very optimistic about the future of xAI.
According to several sources familiar with the matter, at an all-hands meeting held last week at xAI's San Francisco headquarters, Musk boasted that if the company can successfully survive the next two to three years, xAI will be able to defeat its competitors.
He added that the company’s ability to rapidly expand its computing power and data capacity will be key to winning the competition for so-called “superintelligence” (i.e., intelligence that surpasses human intelligence) and could ultimately make xAI the most powerful AI company.
According to sources citing Musk, xAI has the potential to achieve Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) within the next few years, meaning it will reach or surpass human intelligence, possibly as early as 2026.
In November of this year, Musk publicly stated that xAI's Grok 5 model has a 10% chance of achieving AGI, and he said the company plans to release the model early next year.
xAI is one of many companies vying for general artificial intelligence and attempting to justify a valuation of hundreds of billions of dollars. Despite Musk's immense personal influence, xAI remains a relatively new player in a competition dominated by giants like OpenAI and Google.
Over the past year, xAI has rapidly expanded its data centers . The company has created a map and named it "Colossus." Earlier this year, the company said it had about 200,000 GPUs, and Musk said he plans to expand that to 1 million GPUs.
Furthermore, sources say Musk also told employees that xAI will have an advantage over other AI companies because it will receive approximately $20 billion to $30 billion in funding annually and will benefit from synergies with other companies under his umbrella. Sources also say that Tesla integrated Grok into its vehicles earlier this year.
Currently, the competition in the AI field shows no signs of slowing down. Earlier this month, OpenAI reportedly went into "emergency mode" to expedite the release of its latest models. Google released its new Gemini model in November, while xAI has also released several new versions of Grok in a short period.
Overall, employees said Musk seemed pleased with the company's progress. One insider described the conference as "energetic."
On the other hand, sources say Musk has also proposed plans to build data centers in space and colonize Mars. He said Tesla 's humanoid robots... Optimus could eventually provide services for such alien data centers .
Musk had previously stated that Optimus Prime would be supporting SpaceX missions as early as next year. Google CEO Sundar Pichai and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman have also publicly discussed the possibility of establishing data centers in space, although Pichai acknowledged it was a "lunar-scale" ambitious idea.
Finally, sources also indicated that at the employee meeting, xAI's head showcased several updates to existing products, including Grok Voice and features for Tesla. The app for car owners, as well as intelligent agent systems. Sources say these updates include improvements to Grok's outcome prediction capabilities, enhanced voice monitoring features, and video editing capabilities.
(Article source: CLS)
