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Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI has laid off 500 workers from its data annotation team, which helps train its Grok chatbot.

The layoffs were earlier reported by Business Insider.

The AI company notified employees over email that it was planning to downsize its team of generalist AI tutors, according to messages viewed by the publication. The company said the “strategic pivot” meant prioritizing specialist AI tutors, while scaling back its focus on general AI tutor roles.

In response to the story, xAI directed reporters to a post on X, in which the company said it plans to expand its specialist AI tutor team by “10X” and intends to open roles on its career

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