Musk confirms xAI-Tesla joint ‘Digital Optimus’ project — after saying Tesla didn’t need xAI
Elon Musk announced a joint project between Tesla and his AI company, xAI, to develop "Digital Optimus," an AI agent powered by xAI's Grok model. This contradicts his previous statement that Tesla did not need to license anything from xAI and occurs amid an ongoing shareholder lawsuit over his founding of xAI. For Tesla owners, this signals a deeper integration of advanced AI into Tesla's ecosystem, though it raises governance and conflict-of-interest concerns.