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Grock 5: Elon Musk’s Race Toward AGI
A Speedy, Scale-Driven Approach
Meanwhile, Elon Musk’s XAI is taking a radically different path. Musk’s recent tweet stating that Grock 5 might be the first AI to achieve AGI sent shockwaves through the AI community. XAI’s strategy centers on massive scale and rapid iteration.
The Power of the Colossus Supercomputer
XAI has built what they call Colossus, a supercomputing cluster featuring 200,000 GPUs—more than the total computational power of many nations. This infrastructure allows for aggressive training on gigantic datasets, with training beginning as early as late 2025 and aiming for release by the end of that year or early 2026.