It looks like ChatGPT is going to be in contention soon. As artificial intelligence rapidly takes over our lives, most tech companies are coming up with their own versions of chatbots and other AI technology-related solutions. Now Elon Musk has entered the game by launching his own AI company.
What we know about Elon Musk’s AI company
A recent corporate filing from Nevada called “X.AI Corp” suggests the billionaire filed for the company in March 2023. Twitter’s CEO appears to be taking his entry into the world of artificial intelligence pretty seriously, much like Microsoft did earlier this year. Musk also recently hired Igor Babushkin, a scientist who works at DeepMind, an artificial intelligence lab owned by Google’s parent company. alphabet.
Musk is listed as the sole director, and Jared Virtual is listed as X.AI’s secretary, according to state filings. For the uninitiated, Virtual is also CEO of Musk’s chip implant company, Neuralink, and serves on Musk’s board of directors. boring company. He is also the managing director of Musk’s family office, Excession. The company was registered on March 9.
Two weeks after joining the company, Musk joined other prominent technology leaders in signing an open letter calling for a six-month moratorium on AI development, emphasizing: “Danger of training and awakening AI” Also included are other technology leaders who signed the letter apple Co-founder Steve Wozniak and businessman Andrew Yang.
Elon Musk is working on a new AI chatbot
Musk is also reportedly keen to launch a replacement for ChatGPT, tentatively called TruthGPT.
in an interview with fox newsand billionaire described their vision for AI chatbots as follows:I’m going to launch TruthGPT, or what I call a maximal truth-seeking AI that seeks to understand the nature of the universe. And since we are an interesting part of the universe, I think this might be the best route to safety in the sense that an AI trying to understand the universe is unlikely to destroy humanity. “
This isn’t the first time Musk has mentioned TruthGPT. In February, the billionaire tweeted:
Whether or not “TruthGPT” is actually in development remains to be seen, but from the looks of it, Musk seems pretty serious about it. For years, he has publicly opposed OpenAI, the AI organization he co-founded in 2015 but retired in 2018.
This article first appeared in Augustman India.
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