While the AI deepfake firestorm around Elon Musk’s X and Grok gathers, the billionaire’s artificial intelligence venture has been quietly growing a team in Ireland. XAI was set up by Musk to counter the likes of OpenAI and Google’s Gemini with his own AI chatbot, Grok. The AI company is inextricably linked to X, the former Twitter, and Grok’s functions have been deeply integrated into the social media platform. As The Currency reported previously, xAI established an Irish subsidiary last year, but the company has not commented publicly on its purpose. Grok’s integration with X blew up in scandal last…