Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk presents a disruptive force in the tech industry, his latest project being a new artificial intelligence (AI) platform called TruthGPT. Taking on OpenAI’s popular chatbot ChatGPT, backed by Microsoft, Musk believes a truth-seeking AI such as TruthGPT is the path to safety and will not be programmed to lie. He has accused OpenAI of installing safeguards preventing ChatGPT from producing potentially offensive text and claimed the AI was “trained to be woke”, or politically motivated. TruthGPT will be a response to the coding of ChatGPT and the development of this AI platform is generating a lot of buzz in the AI community.
To develop his AI chatbot, Musk has poached Igor Babuschkin, an employee from Google Alphabet’s DeepMind research team, to help set up a laboratory. With Babuschkin’s experience in the development of AI, the expected launch of TruthGPT has caused many to question what differences there will be between ChatGPT and TruthGPT. Musk states the focus on TruthGPT will be to create an AI that is directed towards truth, opposed to lines of code that may be motivated by particular agendas.
TruthGPT’s launch will be a turning point in the development of AI as it could have a major impact on the future of technology and perception of AI in society. As the progress of AI advances, Musk’s innovation has the potential to revolutionize the way society interacts with AI. Details remain to be seen as to the capabilities and great impact TruthGPT will have, but what remains clear is that Elon Musk is staying true to his reputation of creating groundbreaking technology.
