Elon Musk's Grok Is Losing Ground in AI Race

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10 points·JumpCrisscross··8 comments

I thought Grok is dead - its GPUs were handed over to Anthropic, no?

From what I understand they have... or will have... 2 data centers, the original one ("Colossus 1", the one that is already poisoning Memphis, TN) is the one Anthropic will be using, but they are also building a new one, Colossus 2 for Grok's own use.

All that said, I wasn't aware Grok really had any ground to lose, the only time I ever heard about it is twitter memes and when its getting in trouble for claiming itself "Mecha Hitler" or serving sexualized content.

This is what the article is about.

> Downloads of Grok fell to about 8.3 million in April, from a high of more than 20 million in January, according to analysis firm AppMagic.

They have a ton of spare capacity, hence they are letting anthropic use it.

Markets and pricing is supposed to be predictive yet we are headed towards a reality, if you want to call it that, where you have a failed AI project, a failed social network, and a ginormous rocket that hasn't yet orbited the earth once going out at a $1.75 trillion valuation, with financial fuckery that will put it in your 401(k). Even OpenAI isn't that shameless.

Turns out, free markets only work when there's a structure of rules, enforcement of public good, and temperance for shareholder values outside the capture of government.

Grok is a fantastic AI experience! No BS.

The fuhrer will be disappointed.

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