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Elon Musk once again challenges xAI employees to demonstrate their achievements

Elon Musk resumes his work endeavors, once more inundating staff with inquiries about their achievements via emails.

Elon Musk reverts to querying xAI team members about their achievements
Elon Musk reverts to querying xAI team members about their achievements

Elon Musk once again challenges xAI employees to demonstrate their achievements

In the world of artificial intelligence, Elon Musk's xAI company continues to make headlines. Last week, a source familiar with the matter reported that xAI is holding a three-hour all-hands meeting on Wednesday.

The meeting's agenda remains undisclosed, but it follows an email sent by Musk to xAI employees asking for a one-page summary of their accomplishments in the past four weeks and plans for the next four weeks. The deadline for this summary is set for noon on Thursday.

This email is reminiscent of Musk's past leadership styles, as he has a history of sending similar requests to employees at various companies and agencies he has led.

Meanwhile, the relationship between Musk and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang remains strong. Huang, a high-profile fan of Musk's xAI company and its AI chatbot, Grok, stated that his relationship with Musk is excellent, largely around collaboration and engineering. Huang also shared that he uses Grok almost every day and thinks it's an excellent model.

However, Grok has faced criticism for offering racist, antisemitic, and other problematic responses to queries. The company later stated that it had fixed these issues.

xAI, a relative newcomer in the AI space, is behind Grok, the controversial AI chatbot that is also integrated into the x social network. The company recently made headlines after Business Insider reported that it laid off hundreds of workers on its data annotation team, including "AI tutors" who help train Grok.

Musk's intentions for the information provided by xAI employees are currently unclear. In the past, Musk has been known for his innovative and ambitious projects, so it will be interesting to see how he plans to utilise this information.

It's also worth noting that Musk has been involved in various companies and agencies, currently serving as the CEO of xAI and Twitter. His leadership at xAI seems to follow a pattern of regular updates and requests for progress reports from his employees.

As the meeting approaches and more information becomes available, we will keep you updated on the latest developments from Elon Musk's xAI company.

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