Tesla leaves project dojo and focuses on the development chips of inference AI5 and AI6

Tesla will focus all its efforts on developing inference chips, leaving aside the ambitious supercomputer Dojo, in a strategic turn that marks an important change in its artificial intelligence plan.

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• Elon Musk confirms the end of the internal team of Dojo and prioritizes the development of inference chips Ai5 and Ai6.
• Tesla had presented a Dojo as a key piece for autonomous driving software.
• The decision continues to personnel exits and changes in the chips design strategy.

Elon Musk, founder and CEO of Tesla, He announced that the company will reorient its artificial intelligence chips program in the development of inference processors, designed to execute AI models and make decisions in real time. With this, the company will end its emblematic project Dojo, Based on the development of a supercomputer with which he promised to revolutionize the training of neural networks for autonomous vehicles.

The announcement came after Bloomberg will report the dissolution of the equipment Dojo and the departure of its director, Peter Bannon. The measure implies that Tesla It will not continue to maintain two different architectures for training and inference, something that Musk considers inefficient.

The end of a millionaire project

Dojo had been presented as a decisive advance in computing for AI, with the capacity to process large volumes of video data and vehicle sensors Tesla. The objective was to optimize the training of autonomous driving software, even with the potential to offer commercial services beyond the automaker.

In 2023, analysts of Morgan Stanley, Directed by Adam Jonas, they valued the project at USD $ 500,000 million, comparing it to the impact it had Amazon Web Services for Amazon. However, the change of course leaves in doubt if that projection will remain in force.

The report of Bloomberg He indicated that, in addition to strategic reasons, the departure of some 20 engineers towards the start-up Densityai influenced the decision. The rest of the team of Dojo will be reallocated to other data centers and computing projects of Tesla.

A more focused strategy

Musk pointed out that future chips Tesla, AI5 and AI6, They will offer high performance in inference and performance “At least good good” For training. According to the manager, this will consolidate efforts and reduce costs, following a trend in the technology industry to optimize designs for multiple uses.

He Ai5 I would be ready by the end of 2026, while Tesla already closed an agreement of USD $ 16,500 million with Samsung Electronics To manufacture the Ai6, although a production calendar was not revealed. These chips will boost both autonomous driving systems and humanoid robots Optimus, with potential applications in other IA services.

A change in the midst of turbulence

The restructuring of the AI strategy occurs while Tesla Face a slowdown in sales of electric vehicles and growing competition in key markets such as China and the United States. In Europe, the brand has also suffered image wear due to Musk’s political activity.

The company has reduced workforce, fired to high profile executives and redirected their focus on software and robotics. Musk seeks to integrate more closely Tesla With their other companies, including X and XAI, to accelerate the development of autonomous and advanced solutions.

The future after Dojo

With this decision, Tesla Bet on faster and faster processing directly on devices (“Edge Computing”), such as vehicles and robots, without depending on both large data centers. The unknown is what will happen to multimillion -dollar investment in Dojo, which was once considered the core of the company’s strategy.

Musk maintains optimism about the performance of new chips. However, the true impact will depend on the speed with which Tesla You can bring this technology to the market and its ability to compete in an environment of AI that evolves rapidly.

Written article with the help of an AI content editor, edited by Angel Di Matteo / Diariobitcoin

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