xAI paid one worker double the industry standard wage for the role; one OpenAI worker made over three times as much. AdvertisementTo examine Musk's claims about salaries, Business Insider analyzed wage data from specialty visa applications for each company from 2024. At the top end, xAI paid one worker nearly double the prevailing wage for the role of principal machine learning engineer. Since launching xAI Musk "has been trying to leverage the judicial system for an edge," they added. In April, Musk said xAI brought over a Tesla engineer after OpenAI began "aggressively recruiting" workers from the electric-car maker.

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