Father of AI Yann LeCun declares Elon Musk's AI lab, xAI a 'failure' | TheBriefWire
Father of AI Yann LeCun declares Elon Musk's AI lab, xAI a 'failure'
Published 19 June 2026 ยท tech
AI gp Yann LeCun has called Elon Musk's xAI "kind of a failure," reigniting their long-running feud. The AMI Labs founder and former Meta chief
AI gp Yann LeCun has called Elon Musk's xAI "kind of a failure," reigniting their long-running feud. The AMI Labs founder and former Meta chief AI scientist told CNBC that Musk can't hire top AI talent because his founding team quit and xAI now rents out its Colossus data centres to recoup costs. LeCun, who is building rival "world models," also warned of an AI "bubble explosion."
Published: June 19, 2026 โข 9:53 AM IST ยท Updated: June 19, 2026 โข 11:32 AM ISTBy TheBriefWire Editorial Team
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AI gp Yann LeCun has called Elon Musk's xAI "kind of a failure," reigniting their long-running feud.
The AMI Labs founder and former Meta chief AI scientist told CNBC that Musk can't hire top AI talent because his founding team quit and xAI now rents out its Colossus data centres to recoup costs.
LeCun, who is building rival "world models," also warned of an AI "bubble explosion."