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Hans India
13-07-2025
- Business
- Hans India
Top engineer quits Musk's AI firm: Joins OpenAI
Washington: Uday Ruddarraju, head of infrastructure engineering at Elon Musk's AI company xAI has resigned from his position. Ruddarraju, who was with the company for just over a year, played a key role in building Colossus — a large-scale supercomputer with over 200,000 GPUs — and in training Grok 3, one of xAI's latest AI models. In a post on X, Ruddarraju confirmed his exit from the company. In the post, he said 'Jensen Huang was right, Elon and his teams are singular in what they can achieve. Grateful to have played a small part in shaping the future of AI Compute from the inside.' Reflecting on his time at xAI, he wrote in the post: 'After an unforgettable ride, I've decided to move on from @xai. When I first joined, I thought everyone was absolutely nuts for thinking we could deploy 100K GPUs in 4 months, especially without a fully functioning site. Watching us go and double that, and most importantly successfully train Grok 3 made me incredibly proud... and very happy to be wrong.'
Mint
12-07-2025
- Business
- Mint
‘Jensen Huang was right': Indian-origin xAI executive Uday Ruddarraju resigns, joins OpenAI
Uday Ruddarraju, the Indian-origin Head of Infrastructure at Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI has resigned, marking the end of his one-year stint at the Grok creator. In a post on X earlier this week, Ruddarraju announced his resignation and reflected on his time at xAI, saying he did not expect what the company has achieved in such a short time. 'After an unforgettable ride, I've decided to move on from @xai and yesterday was my last day. When I first joined, I thought everyone was absolutely nuts for thinking we could deploy 100K GPUs in 4 months, especially without a fully functioning site. Watching us go and double that, and most importantly successfully train Grok 3 made me incredibly proud... and very happy to be wrong,' he said. Thanking Elon Musk, he said reporting to the billionaire and getting direct teachings from him was the best part of his stint at xAI. 'Thank you @elonmusk and everyone at xAI for the rare opportunity to help build something truly foundational with Colossus. It was a privilege to be part of a mission this bold, and to see from the inside what relentless focus and execution really look like. Reporting into Elon and learning directly from him was definitely the best part about working at xAI,' Ruddarraju said. 'Special thanks to everyone on the infrastructure team who met impossible expectations and the entire research team for your partnership throughout. You're the best! I am sure building Colossus and training Grok 3 are definitely highlights of my career I will remember forever,' he added. Ruddarraju agreed with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's comment on Elon Musk's efficiency. 'Jensen Huang was right, Elon and his teams are singular in what they can achieve. Grateful to have played a small part in shaping the future of AI Compute from the inside.' Following his departure, Ruddarraju joined OpenAI, an AI research and deployment company. His joining OpenAI was announced by the President and Co-Founder, Greg Brockman, who, in a post on X, stated, 'welcome david lau, mike dalton, uday ruddarraju, and angela fan!' Ruddarraju also confirmed his joining OpenAI after he reposted Brockman's post, quoting, "Excited to join you, Greg Brockman!"
NDTV
10-07-2025
- Business
- NDTV
About Grok 4: Elon Musk's New Chatbot That's "Smarter Than All Graduates"
Tech billionaire Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI on Wednesday unveiled Grok 4, its latest AI model. The company touted the new version of Grok as the "smartest AI in the world", which would be made available to premium users only. The company also launched an AI subscription plan--SuperGrok Heavy-- offering access to Grok 4 and Grok 4 Heavy for $300 per month and to Grok 4 and Grok 3 models for $30 per month. The new model came over 24 hours after xAI was forced to remove inappropriate Grok 3 posts from X that included antisemitic comments and replies to users. Grok 3 came under scrutiny after it seemingly went off the rails following an update over the weekend that instructed the chatbot to "not shy away from making claims which are politically incorrect, as long as they are well substantiated." "We need to make sure that the AI is a good AI," Musk said at the launch of Grok 4 on Wednesday, without acknowledging the offending Grok 3 posts or controversy. The xAI team introduced the new chatbot during a livestream on X, calling the release an era of "Big Bang Intelligence." Introducing Grok 4, the world's most powerful AI model. Watch the livestream now: — xAI (@xai) July 10, 2025 Grok 4 is "smarter than almost all graduate students, in all disciplines, simultaneously," according to Musk. He said he team has "run out of test questions to is the ultimate reasoning test." About Grok 4 The new AI chatbot includes improved voice conversations, with the xAI team touting benchmarks showing the new AI system scoring higher than OpenAI and others. "At times it may lack common sense, and it has not yet invented new technologies or discovered new physics, but that is just a matter of time," Musk said. Grok 4 is trained on xAI's Colossus supercomputer and promises real-time web access through its DeepSearch tool and advanced scientist-level reasoning. It's a coding-focused variant and aims to debug, write, and explain code with greater accuracy, like OpenAI's Code Interpreter or GitHub's Copilot. "You can cut and paste your entire source code file into the query entry box on and @Grok 4 will fix it for you! This is what everyone @xAI does. Works better than Cursor," Musk said in a post on X.
Time of India
10-06-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Elon Musk's xAI hiring engineers to build Grok app for Windows and Mac, says ‘Can't live in the browser forever'
Elon Musk-owned artificial intelligence (AI) company xAI is hiring engineers to build Grok app for both Windows and Mac laptops. Igor Babuschkin – co-founder and an engineer at xAI reposted a tweet by Sulaiman Khan Ghori - member of technical staff at the company that says: '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!'. 'Join us to work on the X/Grok macOS app,' Babuschkin wrote on X (formerly known as Twitter). Elon Musk on hiring engineers at xAI Tesla CEO and xAI owner Elon Musk reshared Babuschkin's post. 'We're building both macOS and Windows apps. Can't live in the browser forever!,' he wrote on X. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 3.5, 4.5 BHK Homes starting at ₹4.89 Cr.* Hero Homes Learn More Undo Earlier this year in February, Musk announced that Grok chatbot will soon be available as a standalone app for both Apple's' macOS and Microsoft's Windows operating systems for PCs. In the post, Musk then wrote: 'Grok will also be offered as a standalone application for the MacOS and Windows.' Grok gets vision capabilities In April, the company released new update to its Grok chatbot, enabling it to 'see' the world around it. This new feature allows the chatbot to process and interpret visual inputs, marking a significant leap in AI-human interaction. The enhanced Grok chatbot uses advanced computer vision technology to analyse images and videos, providing context-aware responses. For instance, users can upload a photo of a product, and Grok can identify it, suggest uses, or even recommend similar items. This capability bridges the gap between text-based AI and real-world applications, making Grok more versatile and intuitive. AI Masterclass for Students. Upskill Young Ones Today!– Join Now
Time of India
10-06-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Want to work for Elon Musk's xAI? It is hiring engineers to work on Grok app amid fake news scandal
— sulaimanghori (@sulaimanghori) Musk rebukes Grok for claims he 'took' Stephen Miller's wife Live Events What is Grok? (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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' 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
