xAI Said to Cut 500 Data-Annotation Jobs

More than 166,000 tech jobs lost so far in 2025 - London Tech News

As Elon Musk’s xAI just laid off at least 500 employees tasked with training Grok, the wave of mass layoffs in the global tech sector shows no sign of cooling down, even at high-growth companies working in innovation-led industries such as artificial intelligence and quantum computing. To track the widespread trend of trimming headcount, I am reaching out with our updated report on the layoffs happening in the tech sector since the beginning of …

xAI Said to Cut 500 Data-Annotation Jobs

Elon Musk’s AI startup, xAI, laid off 500 employees on Friday night, according to internal emails obtained by Business Insider. The messages informed staff of an immediate “strategic pivot,” as the company restructures to focus more heavily on specialist AI tutor roles. “As part of this shift in focus, we no longer need most generalist AI tutor positions and your employment with xAI will conclude,” the company wrote in the memo. One-Third of Dat…

Mass layoffs at xAI; Tesla veteran Balestrieri quits, citing Elon Musk’s leadership

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence venture xAI has made waves by cutting roughly 500 employees, about a third of its data annotation workforce, the largest division responsible for training its AI models. American influencer Amanda Goodall, better known online as “JobChick,” reacted to the news on X, highlighting the unusual manner in which the cuts were carried out. She wrote, “Thursday night (last night), workers were told to drop everything …

Business Insider: Elon Musk’s xAI lays off hundreds of workers tasked with training Grok

Business Insider: Elon Musk’s xAI lays off hundreds of workers tasked with training Grok. “Elon Musk’s xAI laid off at least 500 workers on its data annotation team on Friday night. The company sent out emails notifying employees that it was planning to downsize its team of generalist AI tutors, according to multiple messages viewed by Business Insider.”The post Business Insider: Elon Musk’s xAI lays off hundreds of workers tasked with training …