Elon Musk confirms shutdown of Tesla Dojo, ‘an evolutionary dead end’
Elon Musk has confirmed Tesla is disbanding its Dojo AI training supercomputer team, calling Dojo 2 “an evolutionary dead end.” Instead, Tesla will focus on its AI5 and AI6 chips, built by TSMC and Samsung, for both inference and training workloads. By packing multiple AI5/6 systems-on-chip onto single boards, Tesla says it can simplify network complexity and cut costs. The move halts development of the in-house D2 chip and leaves the future of its $500M Buffalo Dojo facility uncertain.
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