‘xAI is kind of a failure’: AI godfather Yann LeCun doubts Musk can rival OpenAI, Anthropic

As competition in artificial intelligence increases and companies spend billions chasing the next breakthrough, one of the industry’s most influential voices has delivered a blunt verdict on Elon Musk’s AI venture. Yann LeCun, referred to as one of the “godfathers of AI,” has called Musk’s xAI a “failure” and questioned its ability to keep pace with rivals such as OpenAI and Anthropic. LeCun, founder of AMI Labs and former chief AI scientist at Meta, made the remarks in an interview with CNBC.