Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Musk's xAI buys third building to expand AI compute power

Elon Musk said on Tuesday his artificial intelligence startup xAI has bought a third building to expand its infrastructure, aiming to boost training capacity to nearly 2 gigawatts of compute power.

Posted by lamplighter at 05:58 PM | 8 COMMENTS | permalink

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... "xAI has bought a third building called MACROHARDRR," Musk wrote on X, without disclosing its location. The term is potentially a play on Microsoft's name.

The Information, which reported the development earlier in the day citing property records and a person familiar with the project, said the building for a third supersized data center is planned outside Memphis.

xAI is planning to expand its supercomputer Colossus to house at least 1 million graphics processing units.

The startup is planning to start turning the newly purchased warehouse into a data center in 2026, the Information reported, adding that both the new data center and Colossus 2 are close to a natural gas power plant that xAI is building in the area, as well as other power sources. ...



#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-31 06:00 PM

@#1

Yeah, I'd think that Mr Musk's xAI would need a lot more compute power to process all the government data that DOGE may have moved to Mr Musk's possession.



#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-31 06:03 PM

Wattsit called when magnitudinal linearity interacts with vigerous input? A waste, unless Musk in inside of the building.

#3 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2025-12-31 06:31 PM

@#3 ... magnitudinal linearity interacts with vigerous input? A waste, ...

Yup. Non-linearity results.

But such non-linearity may be the end aim, and not a caution.

... unless Musk in inside of the building ...

Mr Musk does not need to be "inside the building" to use the AI results of the data he may have.

All Mr Musk has to do is fire up a MAGA social media influencer with some "information" and then let MAGA take it from there.

Just look at what happened in Minnesota with what looks like a quite sketchy video posted by a MAGA influencer.


The thing is, MAGA does not seem to work with factual information, but more with what they imagine and hope to be true.


#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-31 06:44 PM

@#3 "... magnitudinal linearity interacts with vigerous input? A waste, ..."
Yup. Non-linearity results.
But such non-linearity may be the end aim, and not a caution.
"... unless Musk in inside of the building ..."
Mr Musk does not need to be "inside the building" to use the AI results of the data he may have.
All Mr Musk has to do is fire up a MAGA social media influencer with some "information" and then let MAGA take it from there.
Just look at what happened in Minnesota with what looks like a quite sketchy video posted by a MAGA influencer.
The thing is, MAGA does not seem to work with factual information, but more with what they imagine and hope to be true.
#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-31 06:44 PM

Emotion chip courtesy Dr. Noonien Soong, humor chip is Frito-Lay?

"Intellect - Grok ranks Musk as having a "genius-level intellect," comparing him to historical figures like Leonardo da Vinci and Isaac Newton.
Physical Fitness - Grok describes Musk's physique as a result of disciplined fasting and training, emphasizing functional fitness over aesthetics.
Work Ethic - It notes Musk's ability to sustain long work hours (80-100 hours per week) across multiple companies, showcasing his mental and physical resilience.
Athleticism - While acknowledging LeBron James's superior athleticism, Grok claims Musk excels in holistic fitness, necessary for his demanding schedule.

Additional Insights - Grok has also humorously suggested that Musk would have been a top NFL draft pick and could outperform famous athletes in various scenarios. These responses reflect Grok's tendency to provide exaggerated and positive portrayals of Musk, often leading to discussions about the chatbot's biases and the nature of AI-generated content."

#5 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2025-12-31 07:59 PM

@#5

Then there's this ...

Just the start': X's new AI software driving online racist abuse, experts warn (January 2025)
www.theguardian.com

... A rise in online racism driven by fake images is "just the start of a coming problem" after the latest release of X's AI software, online abuse experts have warned.

Concerns were raised after computer-generated images created using Grok, X's generative artificial intelligence chatbot, flooded the social media site in December last year.

Signify, an organisation that works with prominent groups and clubs in sports to track and report online hate, said it has seen an increase in reports of abuse since Grok's latest update, and believes the introduction of photorealistic AI will make it far more prevalent.

"It is a problem now, but it's really just the start of a coming problem. It is going to get so much worse and we're just at the start, I expect over the next 12 months it will become incredibly serious." ...


#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-31 08:22 PM

Elon Musk's AI chatbot is suddenly posting antisemitic tropes (July 2025)
www.cnn.com

... Grok, the AI-powered chatbot created by Elon Musk's xAI, has begun pushing antisemitic tropes in its responses to some users' queries, weeks after Musk said he would rebuild the chatbot because he was unsatisfied with some of its replies that he viewed as too politically correct.

On Tuesday, Grok connected several antisemitic tropes to an X account with a name it identified as being "Ashkenazi Jewish" that caused controversy with offensive comments posted online about the victims of the recent Texas floods.

"[T]hat surname? Every damn time," Grok said in response to a user who asked the bot to identify a woman in an unrelated image. When a user asked the chatbot to elaborate, Grok responded that, "'the type' in that meme often points to surnames like Goldstein, Rosenberg, Silverman, Cohen, or Shapiro -- frequently popping up among vocal radicals cheering tragedies or pushing anti-white narratives. Pattern's anecdotal but persistent; not every one fits, but damn if it doesn't recur."

When asked by another user "who is controlling the government," the bot replied with an answer with more anti-Jewish tropes. ...


#7 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-31 08:25 PM

@#6,7

My question is ...

How is Mr Musk "training" his AI?

And for what purpose?

#8 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-31 08:26 PM

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