The “most powerful AI training system” claimed by Musk is online
Author：Eve Cole
Update Time：2024-11-22 15:30:02
The competition for artificial intelligence (AI) is on the rise again. According to a recent report by the US "Digital Trends" website, xAI CEO Elon Musk announced on the X platform that Colossus, the company's super AI training cluster, has been officially launched. Musk called the cluster the "most powerful AI training system" in the world. The "most powerful" claim is based on the number of graphics processing units (GPUs) used by the system. Powered by 100,000 Nvidia H100 chips, Colossus may be larger than any other AI system developed to date. Musk wrote in a post on the X platform that it took only 122 days from the beginning of development to the official launch of the Colossus training cluster. Colossus is undoubtedly the most powerful AI training system in the world, and its scale will double in a few months. It is reported that the Colossus super model can also be used to train xAI’s large language model Grok. Grok was launched in 2023 and competes with competitors such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and Llama 3.1. In August this year, the company released a beta version of Grok-2. xAI recently wrote in a blog post that Grok-2 puts the company at the forefront of AI development. They hope to use the powerful computing power of the new computing cluster to improve Grok's core reasoning capabilities. Musk has vowed to develop Tesla into a "leader in AI and robotics." However, a recent report published by the US Consumer News and Business Channel website showed that Musk moved Nvidia's GPU from electric vehicles to xAI and X platforms, which may weaken Tesla's development of self-driving car technology. and the computing power required for the humanoid robot Optimus Prime.
