Billionaire Elon Musk has responded to criticism of his artificial intelligence company xAI’s poor talent retention, defending the company’s operations. 50% Attrition Rate At xAI On Saturday, user Varunram Ganesh took to the social media platform X, sharing a post with a screenshot of an employee announcing their departure from xAI after six months of working with the AI company. “Attrition at xAI within the year seems to be at least 50%,” Ganesh said. Attrition at xAI within the year seems to b