Godfather of AI blasts Musk's xAI as 'failure,' says labs are risking a 'big bubble explosion'

Yann LeCun, founder of AMI Labs, called Elon Musk's xAI a "failure," adding that he expects it won't be able to compete with OpenAI and Anthropic. LeCun, who was formerly Meta's AI chief, also said AI labs are risking a "big bubble explosion" if they don't cut costs and raise prices. LeCun's AMI Labs recently raised $1 billion to work on "world models" which he sees as key to the next stage of AI. Elon Musk 's xAI is a "failure" that will be unable to compete on the frontier of artificial intelligence, Yann LeCun, founder of AMI Labs, told CNBC, as he laid out his view on what could cause a "big bubble explosion" in the industry. The comments by LeCun renew a long-running spat with Musk and cast doubt over valuations of some of the world's biggest AI companies. LeCun, who was previously Meta' s chief AI scientist, has clashed with Musk over the past few years on topics ranging from AI...