xAI: Musks KI-Start-up prepares its own Chatbot-App

The AI start-up xAI is planning to release its own app for its chatbot Grok in December. This was reported by the Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed sources within the company. In doing so, xAI wants to compete more strongly with ChatGPT from OpenAI, which already provides corresponding apps for various operating systems. Claude from Anthropic and Gemini from Google also exist as apps on smartphones and computers. X did not comment on inquiries about the reports.

xAI was founded by Elon Musk in the summer of 2023, after he had previously sold his stake in OpenAI in 2018. The xAI chatbot Grok is currently only available to premium subscribers of Musk's social network X. However, it has recently been observed that a slimmed-down version is apparently also in the works, which can be used free of charge to increase the chatbot's reach and get more feedback.

Data center built in record time

According to the WSJ report, xAI has built a data center with 100,000 Nvidia GPUs in Memphis, Tennessee. It bears the name "Colossus" and was built in record time, working day and night. According to the report, the number of chips is to be doubled in the near future to stand up to other competitors such as OpenAI, Google, Meta and Anthropic. Data sets from X and car manufacturer Tesla, which Musk also owns, will be used as training data for the artificial intelligence.

Musk and OpenAI are in dispute, as the former shareholder accuses OpenAI of violating its status as a non-profit organization. Musk has filed a lawsuit and blocked OpenAI's access to X data so that it cannot be used to train the AI. He wants to ensure that the creators of ChatGPT comply with the founding agreement again and "develop AGI for of humanity and not for personal gain", according to the statement of claim.

(mki)