{"id":422046,"date":"2026-03-14T09:54:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T04:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/xai-hiring-reset-elon-musk-apologises-to-ai-talent-overlooked-during-early-hiring-promises-overhaul-crypto-news\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T10:54:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T05:24:39","slug":"xai-hiring-reset-elon-musk-apologises-to-ai-talent-overlooked-during-early-hiring-promises-overhaul-crypto-news-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/xai-hiring-reset-elon-musk-apologises-to-ai-talent-overlooked-during-early-hiring-promises-overhaul-crypto-news-2\/","title":{"rendered":"xAI hiring reset: Elon Musk apologises to AI talent overlooked during early hiring, promises overhaul – Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Elon Musk on Friday apologised for xAI’s past hiring misses and announced a review of interview records to re-engage overlooked candidates, signalling a talent-focused reset amid the company’s foundational rebuild.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In a post on X, Musk<\/a> said, \u201cMany talented people over the past few years were declined an offer or even an interview xAI. My apologies.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cBaris Akis and I are going through the company interview history and reaching back out to promising candidates,\u201d he said, tagging his tech company’s HR head.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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This latest post comes after Musk’s prior statement likening xAI’s overhaul to Tesla’s early iterations, highlighting a pattern of bold restarts to drive innovation in AI development.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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He was responding to the post of Jason Ginsberg, ex-Cursor AI cofounder, ex-Skiff, who announced he was joining SpaceX and xAI<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A social media called it a \u201cfractional Cursor acquisition,\u201d xAI hiring top talent from the AI coding tool. To which Musk replied that xAI wasn’t built right initially, so it’s being rebuilt from the foundations up\u2014just like Tesla<\/a> was early on.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cxAI was not built right first time around, so is being rebuilt from the foundations up. Same thing happened with Tesla,\u201d Musk said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Here’s how netizens reacted:<\/h2>\n

Social media users were thrilled about this new opportunity and said the overlooked candidates usually make the best hires.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cI’m so glad you are willing to start from the beginning rather than a patch here and a patch there. At least you don’t let ego get in the way of what’s right. Thank you,\u201d a user said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Another added, \u201cThis is a great move. Some of the best hires come from candidates who were overlooked the first time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cOk. This I like to hear. I must admit that I felt that I got a bit screwed for my efforts… (friggin Cosmo). I hope the 3rd time is a charm, Gents,\u201d said another user.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Project \u2018Macrohard\u2019<\/h2>\n

On Wednesday, Elon Musk unveiled a new joint project between Tesla and xAI called “Macrohard” or “Digital Optimus”. He said that the project is emulating the function of entire companies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The billionaire had earlier announced Macrohard last year as an effort to replicate the work done by Microsoft entirely via AI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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However, this time, Musk said that Macrohard is now a joint project between xAI and Tesla. The new project comes shortly after Tesla agreed to invest around $2 billion in xAI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Musk says that the new project will run on the \u2018super low cost Tesla AI4\u2019 chip. The billionaire noted that Grok AI will act as a \u2018sophisticated version of turn-by-turn navigation software\u2019 alongside Tesla’s Digital Optimus system, which will process real-time computer screen video and keyboard\/mouse actions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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