Elon Musk’s SpaceX is buying his AI company, xAI
Like a sort of corporate Russian doll, SpaceX announced the acquisition of xAI. The merger “will form the most ambitious, vertically integrated innovation engine on (and off) Earth,” according to owner Elon Musk.
The AI company, arguably best known for its ongoing controversy over CSAM-generating chatbots, may seem like an odd choice for a rocket company. But SpaceX is apparently the key to Musk’s latest project to build AI data centers in space. There could be an argument for moving resource-intensive operations to space – but Musk continued.
He also asserted that space data centers will ultimately enable further advances in space travel. “The capabilities we unlock by making space data centers a reality will finance and enable the self-development of bases on the Moon, an entire civilization on Mars and, ultimately, expansion into the Universe. »
Back on Earth, xAI and
—Mat Smith
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