Musk says White House duties diverted his focus from AI efforts

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Elon Musk said that participating in White House affairs last year temporarily pulled him away from AI development at his companies, and acknowledged that he had been away from the companies for too long and should have returned to AI earlier. Musk also said that solving the national debt can only rely on AI and robots. His xAI’s Grok has connected to bank, bank card, and investment accounts through Finance integration, and can analyze a year of transactions to identify recurring subscriptions, price increases, and overlapping services.