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xAI announces series B funding round of $6B

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Re: xAI announces series B funding round of $6B

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blackeyeblitzar wrote: post #30
stealthcat wrote: post #10

Unitree is better than Optimus. Qwen et al is better than Grok. BYD is better than Tesla.

> BYD is better than Tesla cars Are you aware of the recent issues with BYD and other Chinese EV brands? Entire dealerships have gone up in flames from dangerous vehicles. Not lone incidents but tens of dealerships at least, in just this month. Tesla cars may have flaws but there is no way a BYD can be compared to them even on the basics. And Tesla’s software is simply way better and makes it clear that it was design…

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Re: xAI announces series B funding round of $6B

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Post by defrost »

blackeyeblitzar wrote: post #30
stealthcat wrote: post #10

Unitree is better than Optimus. Qwen et al is better than Grok. BYD is better than Tesla.

> BYD is better than Tesla cars Are you aware of the recent issues with BYD and other Chinese EV brands? Entire dealerships have gone up in flames from dangerous vehicles. Not lone incidents but tens of dealerships at least, in just this month. Tesla cars may have flaws but there is no way a BYD can be compared to them even on the basics. And Tesla’s software is simply way better and makes it clear that it was design…

> Are you aware of the recent issues with BYD and other Chinese EV brands?

No, but I'd like to know more.

> Entire dealerships have gone up in flames from dangerous vehicles. Not lone incidents but tens of dealerships at least, in just this month.

Wow! Here's one: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2544ndvkepo

( Although no brand is given and it's a " possibly " on being caused by an EV )

Can you provide links to 19 more such incidents this month?

Cheers.

Re: xAI announces series B funding round of $6B

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Post by symfrog »

nomilk wrote: post #35
dagmx wrote: post #5

Are there any notable people associated with this other than Elon? I’m curious what they’re bringing to the table to be able to fetch that valuation.

Something surprising Sam Altman mentioned on the Lex Fridman podcast was that it only takes about 6 months to get a top physicist up to speed and productive researching AI. So the team could largely be newbies to AI (with extremely good fundamental knowledge/skill), rather than folks we've all heard of from the AI scene.

Does Sam Altman have any relevant technical experience to make that assessment? Sounds like something someone would say that just lost their key technical team members.

Re: xAI announces series B funding round of $6B

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Post by darth_avocado »

lionkor wrote: post #6

> The company’s mission is to understand the true nature of the universe. I yawned so hard my jaw unlocked. Can't wait to see groundbreaking... checks notes ... "advancements in various applications, optimizations, and extensions of the model". Do these companies only hire yes men?

Yes

Re: xAI announces series B funding round of $6B

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Post by rullopat »

darth_avocado wrote: post #46
lionkor wrote: post #6

> The company’s mission is to understand the true nature of the universe. I yawned so hard my jaw unlocked. Can't wait to see groundbreaking... checks notes ... "advancements in various applications, optimizations, and extensions of the model". Do these companies only hire yes men?

Yes

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