Meet Team xAI: Musk's Latest Brainchild Boasts Heavyweight Lineup From DeepMind, OpenAI, Google

Tech billionaire Elon Musk has unveiled his latest venture, xAI, featuring a dream team of 12 co-founders recruited from industry giants like DeepMind, OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft. 

Leading the charge is Musk himself, alongside advisor Dan Hendrycks from the Center for AI Safety. Let’s meet the brilliant minds shaping xAI’s future:

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1. Igor Babuschkin: Formerly at DeepMind and OpenAI, Babuschkin brings invaluable expertise in AI research and development. In April, he was arrested for domestic battery and subsequently released in Northern California.  
2. Yuhuai (Tony) Wu: With experience at Google and Stanford University, Wu brings deep knowledge in AI and deep learning.
3. Kyle Kosic: Former engineer at OpenAI and software engineer at OnScale, Kosic contributes engineering and cloud engineering simulation platform skills.
4. Manuel Kroiss: With a background at DeepMind and Google, Kroiss is a software engineering expert for cutting-edge AI solutions.
5. Greg Yang: Formerly at Microsoft Research, Yang is pioneering Tensor Programs, a groundbreaking framework for understanding neural networks.
6. Zihang Dai: Former research scientist at Google, Dai brings extensive expertise in AI research and development.
7. Toby Pohlen: Having spent six years as a research engineer at Google, Pohlen contributes a wealth of experience in AI and machine learning.
8. Christian Szegedy: With a remarkable tenure at Google, Szegedy offers a profound understanding of AI and machine learning.
9. Guodong Zhang: Former research scientist at DeepMind and Ph.D. holder from the University of Toronto, Zhang brings a wealth of industry and research experience.
10. Jimmy Ba: As an assistant professor at the University of Toronto, Ba’s collaboration with AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton adds invaluable insights.
11. Ross Nordeen: With expertise in high-performance computing and AI systems from Tesla, Nordeen brings cutting-edge knowledge to xAI.

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