Musk’s xAI Pauses Hiring for Specialists to Train Grok Chatbot

Elon Musk’s xAI has paused hiring for professionals to train its Grok chatbot on a range of specialized skills, according to people with knowledge of the matter, marking a potential shift in how the artificial intelligence firm develops its technology.

Since the start of the year, xAI has pushed to recruit accountants, finance experts, scientists and even comedians to teach Grok to be better at everything from taxes to humor in a bid to broaden the chatbot’s appeal. That approach differs from rivals who typically rely heavily on armies of contractors from third-party firms for training and refining their ...