Elon’s going all-in on AI, together with his xAI mission now searching for to compete with Meta, OpenAI, Google and others, by offering comparable generative AI options and instruments, hosted inside each X itself and the separate Grok AI app.
The subsequent massive factor incoming is xAI’s new picture and video technology choice, which it’s calling “Think about.”
And based on a new splash display within the Grok app, that’s coming very quickly.
As you’ll be able to see on this screenshot (posted by Jonah Manzano), xAI is now informing Grok customers that they will be a part of the waitlist for “the quickest picture and video technology expertise.”
I imply, I’m unsure that folks actually wish to quickest device on this entrance essentially, however ideally the perfect device for translating their textual content prompts into precise photos and video.
Although Elon’s assured on that entrance as effectively, posting a 6-second video instance from xAI’s present technology mannequin:
Elon’s so assured that folks will like his new “Think about” choice, that he’s even claimed that X will successfully convey again Vine in AI type through a coming inflow of AI-generated clips.
Which may very well be attention-grabbing, I suppose, but it surely’s not likely the return of Vine a lot as an introduction of one other text-to-video AI device.
Which, functionally, received’t be new, on condition that Google Veo provides the identical, whereas OpenAI, Meta and TikTok are all additionally creating their very own text-to-video fashions.
However nonetheless, Elon’s all the time eager to proclaim his model as the perfect, and the chief of the pack. And proper now at the least, he may have some declare to that, given the quantity of processing energy that xAI has seemingly been in a position to activate through its Colossus information middle.
In accordance with Musk, xAI is now working 230k Nvidia H100 GPUs at its numerous services, powering the newest Grok fashions. Nvidia’s chips have turn out to be a key element for AI growth, and the extra you have got, the higher the efficiency of your AI techniques.
For comparability, Meta reportedly has round 350,000 Nvidia H100 chips, although not all can be found for Meta AI processing, whereas OpenAI has round 200k in operation.
So proper now at the least, xAI may certainly have essentially the most highly effective AI fashions in operation, although it appears unlikely that it will stay the case, on condition that Meta has extra capability, and is creating its personal AI chips to broaden its techniques even additional.
Although Musk’s different enterprise, Tesla, has additionally signed a brand new cope with Samsung to develop customized chips, which may finally see Musk working in direction of his personal variation of the identical.
Although even then, it nonetheless looks like xAI goes to battle to compete within the wider market, contemplating the early mover benefits gained by OpenAI, and the close to limitless capability of Meta.
I had assumed that Musk’s ties with the U.S. authorities, via his friendship with President Trump, can be the important thing play on this entrance, with xAI in a position to construct customized AI techniques that align with the necessities of U.S. authorities clients. However then Musk turned on Trump, and Trump has since threatened to chop all authorities contracts with Musk’s corporations.
In order that, seemingly, has burned that bridge. However then once more, xAI did ink a $200 million contract with the Pentagon simply two weeks in the past, which can see the corporate present AI instruments to the Protection Division.
So possibly all of the Elon vs Trump stuff is being overblown, and Musk will nonetheless be capable of capitalize on his involvement with the federal government in an effort to profit his corporations.
With out that, nonetheless, I don’t see why corporations can be lining as much as do enterprise with xAI, given its numerous controversies round misinformation, and alignment with Elon’s personal opinions.
But, Elon clearly sees this as a key alternative, and he’s now pushing laborious to make xAI into a much bigger mission, and capitalize on the broader AI hype.
If that works out, then Elon may very well be on one other massive cash winner, which can maintain the money flowing into X, Tesla robotics, and extra, as he pushes to guide the following tech stage.
However as with all of Musk’s initiatives, quite a bit has to go proper for this to work out.
The method appears to be working for him thus far, but it surely all the time feels prefer it’s barely being held collectively by Elon’s irrational confidence.
You’ll be able to view extra examples of Think about clips right here.
