Elon Musk has scrapped the job title "researcher" at xAI, declaring that all technical staff will now be called "engineers".

Elon Musk has stirred conversation on X by declaring that xAI will no longer use the term "researcher," stating it reflects outdated academic culture.

Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI is eliminating the job title "researcher" and exclusively use "engineer" for all technical staff, following a public correction of an employee's hiring post on X.The move came after xAI employee Aditya Gupta posted a job listing seeking "researchers and engineers for scaling up our RL environments with user feedback and preference in the loop.