After months of teasing plans to create a ChatGPT competitor, Elon Musk on Wednesday announced the launch of a new artificial intelligence-focused firm.
The organization, known as xAI, presented a website and a group of twelve employees. According to the website, Musk will serve as the new company’s CEO and will work closely with X (Twitter), Tesla, and other firms to advance towards our mission.
According to the website, xAI’s objective is to comprehend the true nature of the cosmos, echoing terminology Musk has previously used to describe his AI goals.
Musk initially supported the startup that developed ChatGPT, OpenAI, but later criticized it for adding protections to stop the popular chatbot from responding in an unfavorable or sexist manner.
In response to a Twitter user who asked OpenAI’s CEO if it was possible to “turn off the woke settings” on ChatGPT, Musk replied in December that the risk of teaching AI to be woke, or to lie, is fatal.
Musk revealed plans for his new AI firm in an interview that they would begin what he called TruthGPT, a highly truth-seeking AI that is concerned with comprehending the universe as a whole.
After warning in an interview that he believes AI might lead to “civilization destruction” and joining other industry executives in calling for a halt to a “out of control” AI race, Musk announced the launch of a new firm a few months ago.
Other information about the company’s goals was not immediately accessible, but its website states that hiring is underway. The website currently only shows a dozen employees, all of whom are men.
The launch of Musk’s newest project comes at a perilous time for him.
After Meta released a competing software called Threads, Twitter, the business he purchased for $44 billion in October, now faces an unclear future. In little than a week, Meta’s app had over 100 million new users sign up. There were numerous reports of a decline in Twitter usage in the meanwhile.
The turmoil at Twitter has been building for months as Musk has alienated some users and advertisers by cutting staff, enacting contentious policy changes, and making a series of inflammatory statements.
Musk is the CEO of a number of businesses in addition to Twitter, including Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink, and The Boring Company.
