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Tech billionaire Elon Musk 's artificial intelligence company, xAI, is looking to hire engineers to help them build native Grok apps both macOS and Windows. Igor Babuschkin , co-founder and an engineer at xAI, re-shared a post by Sulaiman Khan Ghori that read, 'Hiring engineers at @xai to help build our Mac product. If you have a track record of writing high-performance Swift and AppKit applications, I would love to chat!'"Join us to work on the X/Grok macOS app,' Babuschkin wrote on X. "Hiring engineers at @xai to help build our Mac product. If you have a track record of writing high-performance Swift and AppKit applications, would love to chat!," Ghori's post read on X.The post was also shared by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, saying they were building apps for both macOS and Windows. 'We're building both macOS and Windows apps. Can't live in the browser forever!' he tweeted.Elon Musk rebuked his own artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Grok on Sunday, after it incorrectly verified a false X post purporting to show the tech billionaire taking a swipe at White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller.The fabricated post, which has since been deleted, took advantage of the explosive rift between Musk and President Trump last week, the fallout of which has caught Miller and his wife Katie Miller in the crosshairs. Katie Miller, who served as an adviser and spokesperson for Musk at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), was among those who left the White House alongside the Tesla CEO late last month.The X post on Sunday reportedly showed a fake screenshot in which Musk appeared to reply to Stephen Miller, saying, 'Just like I took your wife,' according to Grok's summary. When asked by an X user to verify the post, the AI chatbot responded that it 'likely existed and was deleted.' 'The screenshot's engagement metrics and context align with Musk's behavior, but its deletion means direct verification is unavailable,' Grok noted. 'While a fabricated screenshot is possible, the evidence leans toward the post being real but removed, consistent with Musk's pattern of deleting controversial posts.'Musk responded with some exasperation to his own chatbot, underscoring that the post was fake. Earlier in March, Musk extended a global call for backend engineers to bolster the development and reliability of Grok. On X, Babuschkin posted for 'outstanding backend engineers to help keep Grok performant and reliable.'Resharing the post, Musk highlighted xAI's unique approach to AI development, writing, 'xAI is the only major AI company with an absolute focus on truth, whether politically correct or not.'Musk has championed Grok as an alternative to ChatGPT, which was developed by OpenAI, a tech giant that Musk helped found in 2015.Three years later, Musk left the company's board of directors, publicly pointing to 'a potential future conflict [of interest]' given Tesla's AI developments. Musk has long been publicly bitter toward OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, particularly after the company made massive breakthroughs in generative AI with its large language models.Grok is an artificial intelligence (AI) assistant and chatbot created by xAI, a startup owned by Elon Musk, in 2023. Grok, like ChatGPT and other programs, can generate text and graphics while also engaging in conversations with users.Grok is able to generate text and images and engage in conversations with users, similar to ChatGPT and other tools. Unlike other chatbots, though, it can access information in real-time through the web and X (formerly Twitter), and is programmed to respond to edgy and provocative questions with witty and 'rebellious' answers.Headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area in California, xAI started with a team of 12 people, including Elon Musk. On its website, xAI says, 'Our approach to rapid development and iteration allows us to innovate at breakneck speeds. We're not interested in speed for speed's sake—we're here to solve real problems
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