Elon Musk reportedly owes quite a few of his employees $420

Elon Musk owes a bunch of xAI employees $420, according to a report by Bloomberg. The CEO reportedly promised employees earlier this year he would pony up that amount of money if they offered up their personal tax returns as training data for Grok. Surprisingly, payments have yet to materialize.

This was an attempt to improve Grok's capabilities ahead of the April 15 US tax deadline. Many people use AI chatbots to help with tax returns, despite the risks, but most opt for Claude or ChatGPT over Grok. The company is reportedly trying to reverse that trend.

So managers began offering employees the aforementioned cash payment, according to company messages spotted by Bloomberg. They were also offered early access to X Money, which is a long-delayed payments platform headed to the social network X.

It looks like some employees coughed up the relevant data, which included completed ...