{"id":15648,"date":"2025-03-18T20:53:29","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T19:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/2025\/03\/18\/elon-musks-xai-buys-hotshot-a-generative-ai-video-company\/"},"modified":"2025-03-18T21:01:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T20:01:38","slug":"elon-musks-xai-buys-hotshot-a-generative-ai-video-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/2025\/03\/18\/elon-musks-xai-buys-hotshot-a-generative-ai-video-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk's xAI buys Hotshot, a generative AI video company"},"content":{"rendered":"

AI-powered services have made enormous strides since ChatGPT revolutionized the segment a few years ago. OpenAI\u2019s chatbot boasted incredible capabilities that have since been already far surpassed. Some companies have focused on multimedia\u2014images and videos\u2014generation models. Elon Musk\u2019s xAI seems to be getting serious with its latest acquisition: the generative AI video startup Hotshot.
\nxAI\u2019s acquisition of a generative AI video startup suggests major improvements for Grok
\n\u201cOver the past two years, we\u2019ve built three video foundation models as a small team\u2014Hotshot-XL, Hotshot Act One, and Hotshot,\u201d said Aakash Sastry, Hotshot\u2019s CEO and co-founder, about the development. \u201cTraining these models has given us a look into how global education, entertainment, communication, and productivity are about to change in the coming years. We\u2019re excited to continue scaling these efforts on the largest cluster in the world, Colossus, as a part of xAI,\u201d he added.
\nHotshot was born as a startup to develop image generation and editing tools. However, the company later moved into generative AI for videos. It had already caught the attention of major investors, receiving funding from Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, Lachy Groom, and SV Angel.
\nIt\u2019s expected that Hotshot\u2019s capabilities will eventually come to Grok. That said, there are no details yet on it. It\u2019s noteworthy that the Hotshot website stopped allowing the creation of new videos on March 14th. This was a hint of what was to come. Hotshot\u2019s users have until March 30th to download all their generated videos.<\/p>\n

Some news \u2013 We’re excited to announce that @HotshotSupport has been acquired by @xAI
\nOver the past 2 years we’ve built 3 video foundation models as a small team \u2013 Hotshot-XL, Hotshot Act One, and Hotshot.
\nTraining these models has given us a look into how global education,\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/W4rmYUxnMR
\n\u2014 Aakash (@aakashsastry) March 17, 2025<\/p>\n

Grok AI wants to stand up to the big boys
\nWhen it comes to artificial intelligence, it seems that xAI, Grok\u2019s parent company, is a bit underrated. Perhaps due to its nature as a product, it was, for a long time, only accessible through the X app. To try to address this, this year the company launched a dedicated iOS app in some countries and opened registrations for an Android app. However, for a significant period, the Grok chatbot was exclusively accessible to X paid subscribers. This inevitably reduced its impact and reach compared to the \u201cfree-to-use\u201d model of its competitors.
\nThat said, Grok 3 recently arrived with impressive capabilities. It even integrates deep research and \u201creasoning\u201d tools for the most demanding queries. The AI-powered chatbot can also generate images from a prompt. In January, Elon Musk teased his intentions to integrate video-related features into Grok. The recent acquisition of Hotshot by xAI appears to align with these intentions.
\nOpenAI has an AI video generation tool: Sora. ByteDance, TikTok\u2019s parent company, surprised everyone this year with the announcement of its OmniHuman-1 AI model for video generation. Even Google has its own text-to-video AI model: Veo. Therefore, XAI seems to want to seriously compete for the throne of the best artificial intelligence platform, which involves keeping up with its rivals.
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\nSource: ndroidheadlines.com <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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