Yann LeCun calls Elon Musk's xAI 'kind of a failure'

Two of AI's biggest names have reignited their feud. Former Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun told CNBC that Elon Musk's AI lab, xAI, was "kind of a failure." LeCun has long had a rocky relationship with Musk, criticizing his leadership and predictions while Musk has questioned LeCun's science.

LeCun said "Elon is now in a position where it's very, very difficult for him to hire top people in AI, because he's not behaved in very good ways toward the previous team." All of the non-Musk cofounders have since left xAI. The final holdout, Ross Nordeen, was abruptly cut off from the company's systems and disappeared from a group chat.

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