News Summary

Tesla, under Elon Musk’s leadership, has transitioned its focus from the Dojo supercomputer to a new AI training supercluster named Cortex. Initially, Dojo was designed to enhance Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) capabilities by processing vast amounts of video training data. Although Dojo was expected to revolutionize AI training with Tesla’s custom D1 chips, the project faced challenges and was eventually overshadowed by the development of Cortex. Cortex, now operational at Tesla’s Austin headquarters, utilizes approximately 50,000 Nvidia GPUs to support the latest version of FSD, boasting significant improvements in safety and performance. This shift in strategy aligns with Tesla’s broader AI objectives, including the development of the AI6 chip in collaboration with Samsung, aimed at advancing FSD and Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robots. The discontinuation of Dojo marks a strategic pivot as Tesla consolidates its AI efforts into a unified path with Cortex and the AI6 chip.