Inside xAI's tumultuous month: Workers locked out of Slack, a 'chaotic' all-hands meeting, and waves of job cuts

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Inside xAI's tumultuous month: Workers locked out of Slack, a 'chaotic' all-hands meeting, and waves of job cuts

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XAI told workers in an all-hands Monday that layoffs were over, then terminated more people.
The company said it's giving data annotators a 10% raise and increasing hiring for specialty tutors.
XAI laid off more than 500 workers on the team that…

This story appeared on businessinsider.com, 2025-09-17 18:43:29.