Elon Musk’s xAI has reportedly laid off at least 500 data annotators, impacting its Grok AI training. The company cited a strategic shift towards specialist AI tutors, planning a tenfold increase in that area. Affected employees, generalist AI tutors, were notified via email and had their system access terminated immediately.
AI job cuts: Elon Musk’s xAI asks Grok trainers to exit; what internal memo said