Elon Musk, the owner of social media platform X and CEO of Tesla, clarified that his new artificial intelligence company, xAI, has no plans to make money by sharing its technology with Tesla.
Musk's Clarification
This clarification came after a report by The Wall Street Journal suggested that xAI and Tesla might be working together and that xAI could get paid for sharing its advanced AI systems. On September 8, Musk took to X (formerly Twitter) to explain that xAI’s technology is too advanced to be used in Tesla’s cars.
Social Media Statement
Musk wrote: "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 to license anything from xAI. The xAI models are gigantic, containing, in compressed form, most of the human knowledge, and couldn’t possibly run on the Tesla vehicle inference computer, nor would we want them."
Details About xAI and Future Plans
Musk also mentioned that Tesla does not need xAI’s technology to achieve its goals. He shared details about Tesla’s AI capabilities, stating that Tesla’s AI models turn real-world video data into driving commands and are designed to run on smaller computers, different from the larger systems used by companies like xAI. Musk founded xAI in July 2023 and believes the company could become a strong competitor to other AI companies like OpenAI. He also shared that xAI’s new supercomputer, called Colossus, is now online and will soon grow to be even more powerful.
Elon Musk's clarifications shed light on the future of xAI and emphasize that despite valuable collaboration with Tesla, the companies do not intend to share their technology.
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