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Musk's xAI company discussed a deal to share future Tesla revenue, according to the Wall Street Journal. Under the proposed agreement, Tesla would receive a license to xAI models. Under a proposed arrangement described to investors, Tesla would license xAI models to help develop a "fully self-driving" (FSD) system and share a portion of revenues with the startup, according to people familiar with the matter. xAI would help develop other features for Tesla, including a Siri-like voice assistant for its electric cars and an Optimus for its humanoid robot. Siri-like voice assistants in Tesla's electric cars, as well as a humanoid robot, Optimus...

On August 20, Tesla is recruiting a large number of people to train its humanoid robot Optimus by wearing motion capture equipment to imitate the movements required by the robot. This position, which Tesla calls a "data collector", pays up to $48 per hour (currently about RMB 344), and requires employees to walk more than 7 hours a day, carry equipment weighing 30 pounds (about 13.61 kilograms), and wear VR headsets for a long time. In order to match the expected height of Optimus, which is 5 feet 8 inches (about 1.72 meters), the...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently made a thought-provoking statement on social media, suggesting that in the future humans may be able to upload brain memories and mental states to the cloud and download them into humanoid robots. This view originated from Musk's response to a Tesla fan's question about extending life, which has attracted widespread attention and discussion. Musk has high hopes for Tesla's Optimus robot, which will be launched in 2021. In addition to being originally designed to handle dangerous, repetitive or tedious tasks, he also envisions Optimus being a human companion, taking care of children, and even participating in Olympic shooting competitions...

In the evening of Beijing time this day, Musk posted on X (Twitter) that Tesla will produce "truly useful" robots for internal use next year, but only on a small scale. In 2026, Tesla is expected to mass-produce humanoid robots for use by other companies. During the 2024 World Artificial Intelligence Conference on July 4 this year, Tesla's second-generation humanoid robot Optimus was unveiled. The product was first released on December 13 last year. Compared with the previous generation, its improvements include the following aspects: It uses all independently designed and manufactured by Tesla...

Andrej Karpathy, a former top engineer at OpenAI and Tesla, announced on his social media accounts that he is starting a new school called Eureka Labs. Karpathy said the school aims to realize a "teacher + AI" model of education that will improve learning through collaboration between course materials written by human experts and AI teaching assistants. Kalpasi said the school's concept is "Teacher + AI Symbiosis," which means that teachers will design the course content, while the AI teaching assistants will help students learn smoothly...

After a wave of layoffs at the beginning of this year, Tesla is now actively expanding its workforce, especially in the fields of artificial intelligence and robotics. In the past few weeks, the company has posted about 800 new positions on its recruitment page, showing a shift in the company's strategic focus. This round of recruitment is mainly focused on Tesla's robotics and artificial intelligence departments. The new employees will mainly focus on developing autonomous driving software and contribute to Tesla's autopilot and robot taxi projects. In addition, some employees will participate in the development of the company's humanoid robot project Optimus. Source Note: The picture is generated by AI, the picture is authorized…

Tesla's Texas Gigafactory is expanding to accommodate a supercomputer cluster for AI. Liang Jianhou, CEO of Supermicro, posted a message on X to congratulate Musk, saying that its large AI data center uses Supermicro's liquid cooling technology, which helps protect 20 billion trees for the earth. As we all know, AI data centers often mean huge energy consumption, and Supermicro hopes to reduce this pressure by promoting its liquid cooling technology. According to reports, compared with air cooling, this liquid cooling solution can reduce the electricity cost of the cooling infrastructure by 89%. Liang Jianhou...

According to the Shanghai Securities News, Tesla's second-generation humanoid robot Optimus officially debuted at the 2024 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC 2024) today. The second-generation Optimus first debuted on December 13 last year. Compared with the previous generation, its improvements include the following aspects: It uses actuators and sensors that are all designed and manufactured by Tesla; The overall appearance design is more refined; The walking speed is increased by 30%; The weight is reduced by 10 kilograms, and the sense of balance and body control are improved. The video demonstrates its squatting...

Tesla's official Weibo account announced that the second-generation humanoid robot Optimus will debut at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference held from July 4 to 7, "witnessing the re-evolution of humanoid robots." The second-generation Optimus first debuted on December 13 last year. Compared with the previous generation, its improvements include the following aspects: It uses actuators and sensors that are all designed and manufactured by Tesla; The overall appearance design is more refined; The walking speed is increased by 30%; The weight is reduced by 10 kg, and the sense of balance and body control ability are improved,...

According to the Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily, during this year's World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC 2024), Tesla will showcase its Cybertruck (cyber off-road travel vehicle), Optimus humanoid robot, and FSD (full self-driving capability) latest achievements. Among them, Tesla's Optimus humanoid robot can now perform tasks in the factory. It is expected that by 2025, there will be more than 1,000 Optimus humanoid robots working in Tesla factories; Cybertruck is the world's first 48V ...

Tesla has been developing the humanoid robot Optimus for years, and has shared updates on the project monthly. Elon Musk recently announced that Tesla plans to not only sell Optimus and use it in its own factories, but also provide leasing services for the robot. Musk said that Tesla plans to provide both leasing and sales options for the Optimus robot, with leasing services being launched before sales. According to Musk's statement in April, Tesla plans to start selling Optimus next year. At present, Musk has not disclosed details about the lessee,…

Several Tesla shareholders recently filed a lawsuit in Delaware, accusing the company's CEO Musk and the board of directors of intentionally diverting the company's talent and resources to Musk's competing artificial intelligence company xAI. The company, founded in 2023, aims to understand the "true nature of the universe." The shareholders claim that Musk and the board violated their fiduciary duties to Tesla by launching xAI. For years, Musk has tried to position Tesla as a robotics and artificial intelligence powerhouse, rather than just a car company. The claim has driven Tesla's stock price up, making the company's value...

Elon Musk has ordered thousands of Nvidia-made AI chips to be shipped to Tesla, which will be transferred to his social media company X, according to emails from the chipmaker obtained by CNBC. The move has the potential to delay Tesla's acquisition of $500 million worth of processors by months, the outlet reported. Source note: Image generated by AI, image licensing service provider Midjourney According to Musk, Tesla should stockpile Nvidia's H100 artificial intelligence chip to fuel its transformation into a "leader in artificial intelligence and robotics." In…

Tesla CEO Musk said on social media that this year Tesla will invest about $10 billion in AI training and reasoning, which is primarily used in cars. Musk added that any company that can't reach that level of spending and do it efficiently won't be able to compete. Previously, Musk has mentioned Tesla's strength in hardware equipment on different occasions. He bluntly stated that Tesla is second in the industry behind tech giant Meta in terms of NVIDIA H100 GPU ownership, even surpassing many other competitors. This hardware allotment...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in a financial report conference call that Tesla's Optimus humanoid robot is expected to have the ability to complete "useful" factory tasks by the end of this year, and the company may sell it to the public by the end of 2025. Tesla plans to use the robot first in its own factory by the end of this year. A few months ago, Tesla released a new generation of humanoid robots, Optimus Gen 2, designed to take over repetitive tasks for humans. Compared with previous versions, the new prototype robot has many improvements. Tesla believes that using its automatic...

A Tesla engineer has moved to the same boss -- Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI -- the third engineer poached from Tesla for xAI, The Information reported Wednesday local time. Ethan Knight, a Tesla machine learning scientist, has moved to xAI, the report said. According to a former employee, Ethan was managing the computer vision team for Autopilot technology at Tesla. Prior to his departure, a number of other people who worked at Tesla on supercomputing, Autopilot, and AI-based...

Tesla is hiring a Service Technical Writer to write user manuals for its humanoid robot Optimus. This move suggests that Tesla's humanoid robot project has made significant progress and may be put into mass production faster than expected. The job description reads: "We are looking for an experienced Service Technical Writer who is passionate about robotics and has a solid technical communication background to join the team. The main responsibility of this position is to create comprehensive and easy-to-understand documentation for humanoid robot systems, including service manuals, troubleshooting guides, maintenance...

Elon Musk recently sued OpenAI, the generative artificial intelligence company he co-founded ten years ago, which has attracted widespread attention in the industry. In response, OpenAI today published a long blog post titled "OpenAI and Elon Musk", explaining the relationship between OpenAI and Musk and why Musk eventually left. The blog stated that OpenAI, initially as a non-profit organization, raised a total of less than $45 million (currently about 324 million yuan) from Elon and $10 million from other donors...

Tesla has launched an AI chat assistant feature called "Tesla Assistant Beta" in its mobile app, providing users with a new interactive experience. This update marks another important step for Tesla in improving the user experience. Tesla Assistant Beta can answer users' questions about Tesla's existing products and other Tesla products, helping users better understand and use Tesla's products. Although the name of the Beta version shows that this AI assistant is still in its early stages, its potential and value have attracted widespread attention. Tesla's founder…

Tesla Inc. shared a new video via its social media accounts on Saturday showing the smooth walking ability of its Optimus humanoid robot under development. The video shows the robot walking around a test site with the tongue-in-cheek caption, "Achieving daily step goal." The Optimus arm shown here appears to be a newer or more refined version of the video released a few weeks ago, with a steadier stride and smoother movements during the walk. A few weeks ago, Tesla CEO Elon Musk released a video showing the second-generation Opt...