Following up on his proclamation last week that xAI would begin allowing selected users access to its first AI product, founder Elon Musk on Sunday morning revealed it to the world, and it is very much aligned with his sensibilities and often irreverent and immature sense of humor, while boasting access to realtime information and high efficiency. The product is a Large Language Model (LLM)…

Could a furry camelid take the 2023 crown for the biggest AI story of the year? If we’re talking about Llama, Meta’s large language model that took the AI research world by storm in February — followed by the commercial Llama 2 in July and Code Llama in August — I would argue that the answer is… (writer takes a moment to duck) yes.  I can almost see readers getting ready to pounce.