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Elon Musk’s xAI just launched “Colossus,” a massive AI training cluster with 100,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs — built in a mere 122 days.
With xAI moving at breakneck speed and shipping over a holiday weekend, can other AI giants keep up, or will Musk’s rapid pace and drive win the race? Let’s get into it…
In today’s AI rundown:
xAI builds the world’s top AI cluster
OpenAI to develop AI chips with TSMC, Apple
Create ultra-realistic AI images with Mystic
Generative AI meets CRISPR gene editing
6 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
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The Rundown: Elon Musk’s xAI just launched “Colossus“, the world’s most powerful AI cluster powered by a whopping 100,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs, which was built in just 122 days and is planned to double in size soon.
The details:
Colossus consists of 100k liquid-cooled Nvidia H100 GPUs connected on a single network fabric and is considered the “most powerful” in the world, according to Musk.
The system was built and launched in just 122 days, an incredibly quick accomplishment that was brought online over a holiday weekend in the United States.
xAI plans to expand Colossus to 200,000 GPUs (50,000 H200s) in the coming months.
In a recent podcast, Elon Musk (founder of xAI) said Grok 2 was trained on only around 15,000 GPUs.
Why it matters: xAI’s Grok 2 recently caught up to OpenAI’s GPT-4 in record time, and was trained on only around 15,000 GPUs. With now more than six times that amount in production, the xAI team and future versions of Grok are going to put a significant amount of pressure on OpenAI, Google, and others to deliver.
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The Rundown: OpenAI is reportedly planning to develop its first in-house AI chips using TSMC’s advanced 1.6mm A16 process node, potentially partnering with Broadcom, Marvell, or Apple for the chip design.
The details:
The chip will reportedly be built on TSMC’s A16 Angstrom process, not expected for mass production until 2026.
Partnering with Broadcom, Marvell, or Apple for chip design expertise, OpenAI could significantly reduce its dependence on expensive Nvidia AI servers.
The A16 process node will use advanced gate-all-around transistors and backside power delivery to significantly improve chip performance and energy efficiency.
Why it matters: By developing its own chips, OpenAI could break free from the GPU shortage bottleneck, potentially supercharging its mission towards AGI. If successful, this could spark a trend of AI companies developing their own specialized hardware instead of relying so heavily on the current industry giant, Nvidia.
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🎨 Create ultra-realistic AI images with Mystic
The Rundown: Freepik recently launched a new AI image generator called Mystic, which excels in creating ultra-realistic AI images from prompts and competes with top tools like Midjourney and FLUX.
Step-by-step:
Visit Freepik’s website ( You’ll need a Premium account for today’s tutorial).
Select “AI Image Generator” section in the main menu.
Choose “Mystic” in the Model dropdown menu.
Add a prompt describing your desired image and fine-tune your creation using style, aspect ratio, color palette, and lighting options.
Click “Generate” and iterate until you achieve your perfect image.
Note: Members part of our AI University get a free Premium membership to Freepik.
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The Rundown: Researchers at Profluent Bio used AI to successfully create OpenCRISPR-1, a novel gene-editing tool that matches or surpasses the performance and safety of current CRISPR systems.
The details:
Researchers used Large Language Models (LLMs) trained on over a million CRISPR operons to understand and generate novel protein structures.
The LLMs designed a new gene-editing tool called OpenCRISPR-1, capable of various tasks including base editing.
In tests, OpenCRISPR-1 showed a similar efficiency in cutting DNA to the current models while making fewer mistakes.
Researchers made OpenCRISPR-1’s sequence publicly available to encourage broader use in research.
Why it matters: OpenCRISPR-1 helps to treat genetic diseases in the safest, fastest, and most personalized way possible. While still years away from practical applications, AI tools like this opens doors for custom gene-editors tailored to individual DNA, potentially accelerating cures for previously untreatable conditions.
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