data-i13n=”cpos:1;pos:1″ href=”https://www.engadget.com/ai/the-white-house-reportedly-ordered-xais-grok-to-be-approved-for-government-use-165625891.html” data-ylk=”slk:xAI;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas” class=”link “>xAI has laid off at least 500 workers from its data annotation team, the company’s largest, according to data-i13n=”cpos:2;pos:1″ href=”https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-xai-layoffs-data-annotators-2025-9″ rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:Business Insider;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas” class=”link “>Business Insider. The annotation team is in charge of categorizing and contextualizing raw data used to train Grok so that it can understand the world better. Business Insider says the laid off employees were informed via email on the evening of September 12, Friday, that it was going to downsize its team of general AI tutors. They were reportedly told that they would be paid their salaries until the…
