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XAI lays off 500 workers from data annotation team

12 hours ago
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/13/xai-reportedly-lays-off-500-workers-from-data-annotation-team/
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  • Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI laid off 500 team members, about one-third of its 1,500-person data annotation team.
  • The layoffs were announced via internal emails, citing a 'strategic pivot' to focus more on specialist AI tutors and less on general AI tutor roles.
  • xAI plans to 'immediately surge our Specialist AI tutor team by 10x' and is hiring in domains like STEM, finance, medicine, and safety.
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