Elon Musk voiced his doubts on the financial benefit of buying Twitter during an interview in Fox News Channel’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight”. Even though the tech entrepreneur acquired the social network for a total of 44 billion dollars, according to himself, it was valued for less than half that. Musk also revealed that the company might even have been bought for twice as much than it should have.
The acquisition of Twitter by Musk has lead to the departure of some of its advertisers, as reported by the research center Media Matters. Reports from the Wall Street Journal manifested that there was a 40% decrease in sales revenues in December 2021 compared to the same month from 2021. Despite this fact, he still focuses on ensuring freedom of speech and the strength of democracy.
Musk is also intrigued by the development of an AI unit to reach “maximum truth” as he calls it, released under the name of TruthGPT. It is an apparent reference to ChatGPT, an AI chatbot created by OpenAI. It was founded by Elon Musk, however he is not currently involved.
OpenAI is a nonprofit research laboratory, based in San Francisco and Seattle and founded in December 2015. It specializes in artificial intelligence research and the development of AI technologies and techniques to benefit the public. OpenAI, along with Microsoft and Facebook, was a main partner of the 2019 conference. The company has since extended its research with various other partners such as Nvidia and Microsoft Azure.
Elon Musk is a South African born entrepreneur and inventor. He is the founder of Space X, Tesla Motors and The Boring Company among other companies. He is actively involved in the development of research projects and funds multiple initiatives such as Neuralink and OpenAI. He is also known for his philanthropic activities, such as his plan to donate millions of dollars to various organizations. He supports many causes including scientific research, the development of sustainable energy, and equal rights for minorities. Furthermore, he advocates for education reform, the protection of nature and being environmentally conscious.
