Tesla to streamline its AI chip design work, Musk says

-Tesla will streamline its AI chip research to focus on its development of inference chips used to run AI models and make real-time decisions, CEO Elon Musk said, after a media report he had ordered the closure of the in-house Dojo supercomputer team.

Bloomberg News on Thursday cited people familiar with the matter as saying Musk had ordered the Dojo team to be disbanded, with team leader Peter Bannon departing the company.

Tesla did not reply to a Reuters request for comment.

The Dojo supercomputer was designed around custom training chips to…