Katarzyna Petru
xAI wants to revolutionise gaming, and Grok is set to be the engine of a new era of entertainment, with Elon Musk surprising us once again. Following electric cars, rockets, and artificial intelligence, it's time for… video games. His company xAI, primarily known for developing the AI assistant Grok and massive data centres, plans to release the first game fully created by AI as early as next year.
“We will create a game like no other”
“Studio XAI will release an amazing AI-generated game before the end of next year” – Musk wrote on the platform X (formerly Twitter). The idea is not random. Musk has long been an avid gamer – he often streams Diablo IV, and his fascination with virtual worlds is paired with frustration towards the “woke agenda” in Hollywood and the gaming industry. This is said to be the reason why the billionaire decided to create an “alternative to politicised entertainment”.
The project began in November 2024 when Musk gathered his own team of game developers.
Gigantic data centres and Grok's AI power
xAI is not only Grok's assistant competing with ChatGPT but also a massive computing infrastructure. The first Colossus data centre is already operational, and Colossus 2 is set to launch in 2026 and become the world's first data centre with gigawatt power.
With this, Musk aims to achieve efficiency in the range of 5–10 exaflops – sufficient not only to "unravel the mysteries of the universe," as he says, but also to generate realistic real-time games.
From Pong to Photorealism
Even now, AI assistants – such as Grok or ChatGPT – can create simple games, like clones of Pong or flight simulators. But Musk is taking it a step further.
The xAI team is experimenting with techniques for generating photorealistic graphics and adaptive worlds that AI could build dynamically during gameplay.
Ultimately, Grok is meant to design entire worlds and levels autonomously, and even "play in them" to learn and modify code on the fly – similar to Tesla's learning systems in autonomous cars.
AI enters the gaming industry
Not only Musk sees the future in this. Also, Capcom and other major studios are testing AI tools that accelerate the game development process. However, it is xAI that may be the first to allow AI to become a full-fledged creator, not just a developer's assistant.
If Musk keeps his word, the first game created by artificial intelligence will appear before the end of 2026.
Will it be just a technological curiosity, or the beginning of a new era in gaming? It's hard to predict — but one thing is certain: Musk intends to turn the industry upside down once again.
