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Although, according to him, this advantage is only temporary. He suggested that in the coming years, the balance could shift as other companies, including his own xAI, steadily build powerful AI systems. 'That may change in a few years. For the foreseeable future, the major AI companies will continue to prosper, as will xAI. There is just so much to do,' he added.Now Google is of course going all in to build its AI infrastructure, which could allow the company to be the leader. The company has been working around building large language models for over a decade. It's DeepMind team is considered the best in business when it comes to AI research. The company is also undertaking a record $75 billion investment this year to scale its data centres and computational capabilities, all to improve AI and cloud offerings.Meanwhile, to catch up with the big competitors, Musk has also mapped out an ambitious long-term strategy for xAI. The company is dramatically increasing its investments to build high-performance infrastructure, including the 'Colossus' supercluster in Memphis, with plans to add hundreds of thousands of GPUs.While Google definitely benefiting from large datasets, xAI is tapping into Musk's wider business ecosystem – SpaceX, Tesla, and social media platform X – to accelerate its AI development. Its chatbot Grok and image generator Aurora are being updated at pace, with new versions rolling out to users.Interestingly, Musk's recognition of Google as the current leader comes against the backdrop of his ongoing feud with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. The tension however is not new. Musk and Altman co-founded OpenAI in 2015, but Musk stepped away from its board in 2018. Since then, their relationship has steadily deteriorated.- Ends
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