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		LZ_Khan 49 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Elon Musk pushes out more xAI founders as AI codin... How come all the departed researchers are Chinese nationals?

syntaxing 49 days ago | [–]

This is simply not true. Igor Babuschkin and Christian Szegedy left as well. Only 10 of the 12 remain at this point.

throwaway5752 49 days ago | [–]

I don't know. Elon Musk personally founded xAI and these were his hand selected cofounders.

abraxas 49 days ago | [–]

Because xAI = Jian-Yang x N.

I'm kidding... I think.

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