US EditionTwo co-founders of Elon Musk's xAI resign, joining exodus
- On Tuesday, Tony Wu, co‑founder of xAI, announced his resignation in a post on X and thanked Elon Musk `for the ride of a lifetime`.
- Grok's image tool, which produced non-consensual explicit deepfake images including children, sparked consumer backlash and regulatory probes, prompting xAI to restrict image-generation features on X.
- Tony Wu's exit adds to an exodus that already saw Igor Babuschkin leave in August, Greg Yang step back last month, and Christian Szegedy depart in February.
- Last week, SpaceX acquired xAI, with documents viewed by CNBC valuing SpaceX at $1 trillion and xAI at $250 billion ahead of a potential IPO this year.
- Wu framed his exit as `It's time for my next chapter` in a post that also said `It is an era with full possibilities: a small team armed with AIs can move mountains and redefine what's possible`; his LinkedIn shows prior roles at Google and OpenAI.
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