June 18, 2026

The ‘godfather of AI’ called xAI a failure and warned of a bubble. He’s also selling the alternative.

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Yann LeCun has never been quiet about his doubts, and his latest target is one of the most valuable companies on earth. Elon Musk’s xAI is “kind of a failure” that will not be able to compete on the frontier with OpenAI and Anthropic, LeCun, the foun...