Elon Musk, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Tesla, has reportedly instructed employees at his artificial intelligence (AI) startup xAI to compile and submit recent results and future plans.
Citing sources on the 17th (local time), CNN reported that Musk emailed all xAI employees the previous day, asking them to "summarize on one page the achievements of the past 4 weeks and the goals for the next 4 weeks." The submission deadline was set for noon two days later.
Musk's approach is nothing new. In August last year, he also told employees of X (formerly Twitter), the social media platform he owns, to summarize and submit what they contributed over the past month and the past 12 months. Early this year, after taking charge of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) under the Donald Trump administration, he drew strong backlash from civil servants when he required federal agency employees to submit weekly results.
As competition in the AI industry intensifies, Musk has recently focused on technology development by putting forward xAI's chatbot "Grok." "Grok" has sparked controversy for anti-Semitic remarks, but it is drawing attention in the industry for its rapid growth.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said in a CNN interview, "Elon is an excellent engineer, and I use Grok almost every day," adding, "He has a good opportunity to take a leading position in AI."