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Elon Musk has denied a report that one of his companies , Tesla , has discussed share tax revenue with another of his company , xAI , so that it can practice the inauguration ’s AI models .
The Wall Street Journal wrotethat under a propose accord report to investors , Tesla would use xAI good example in its number one wood - assistance software package ( know as Full Self - Driving or FSD ) . The AI startup would also help grow features such as a voice assistant in Tesla vehicle and software system for Tesla ’s humanoid robot Optimus .
Writing on his social medium chopine X ( formerly Twitter),Musk saidhe had n’t read the WSJ story , but he described a post summarise the report as “ not precise . ”
“ Tesla has learned a bunch from discussions with engineers at xAI that have helped accelerate attain unsupervised FSD , but there is no need to license anything from xAI , ” he write . “ The xAI models are gigantic , containing , in compressed form , most of human knowledge , and could n’t perchance run on the Tesla vehicle illation estimator , nor would we want them to . ”
Musk constitute xAI as a challenger to OpenAI ( which he co - founded but finally left).TechCrunch reported earlier this yearthat as part of the pitch forxAI ’s $ 6 billion backing beat , the startup outlined a visual sensation where its models would be prepare on data point from Musk ’s various companionship ( Tesla , SpaceX , The Boring Company , Neuralink and X ) , and its exemplar could then improve technology across those companies .
Tesla shareholders have sued Muskover the decision to start xAI , arguing that Musk has divert talent and resource from Tesla to what is essentially a compete party .
Have n’t read the clause , but the above is not accurate . Tesla has learned a fortune from discussions with engineer at xAI that have help accelerate achieving unsupervised FSD , but there is no motivation to license anything from xAI.The xAI modelling are mammoth , check , in …
