In other news, Musk has been involved in a feud with OpenAI, the AI company he co-founded in 2015. OpenAI recently secured $6.6 billion in funding at a $157 billion valuation, making it the world's most valuable startup. However, the funding round included a stipulation that investors should not support OpenAI's rivals, including Musk's xAI. Musk has criticized this move, calling OpenAI "evil." Meanwhile, rumors are circulating about Musk's potential involvement in a crypto project under the XAI68Y Token brand, which could harness AI for blockchain or crypto innovations.
Key takeaways:
- Elon Musk's xAI has secured approval for 150MW of power, enabling all 100,000 GPUs in its AI data center to operate simultaneously, sparking concerns over the impact on Tennessee Valley's energy supply.
- There are rumors about Musk's potential involvement in a crypto project under the XAI68Y Token brand, which could leverage AI for blockchain or crypto innovations.
- Musk has criticized OpenAI, the company he co-founded, for asking investors not to fund its rivals, including his own company, xAI.
- Musk and the xAI team set up a supercluster of 100,000 H200 Blackwell GPUs in just 19 days, a process that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says typically takes four years.