Elon Musk has launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) venture under his xAI initiative, taking on the mighty Microsoft. The project, Macrohard, was announced by Musk on X (formerly Twitter) on August 22.

Musk has toyed with the idea of Macrohard for a long time now, even making public comments about it. In 2021, he had posted on X: "Macrohard >> Microsoft." Last year, he reshared that post after a major Microsoft outage disrupted services for millions of users around the world.

Lee meets with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates President Lee Jae Myung (2nd from R, rear) talks with Bill Gates (2nd from L, rear), chair of the Gates Foundation and Microsoft Corp. co-founder, during their meeting at the presidential office in Seoul on Aug.