Elon Musk, the billionaire tech entrepreneur, has recently taken steps to launch his own artificial intelligence startup – a surprising move given his recent call for a pause in AI research. According to a report from Financial Times citing people familiar with the matter, Musk has assembled a team of AI researchers and engineers and secured thousands of high-powered GPU processors from Nvidia Corp for his startup. He has registered a company named X.AI on March 9, according to Nevada business records, withthe Tesla CEO being listed as the director and Jared Birchall, who manages his wealth, as the secretary.
The funding of his upcoming venture is reportedly being sourced from investors who have stakes in both SpaceX and Tesla. This curious move appears to go against Musk’s agreement with the many signatories of the open letter that called for an immediate pause in AI research for at least six months, citing that the time should be used to study and mitigate the potential capabilities and dangers of AI related systems.
To discuss the personmention in the article, Elon Musk is a well-known entrepreneur and investor that is best known for co-founding PayPal, Tesla, and most recently, Neuralink. A vocal supporter of artificial intelligence, Tesla secured thousands of high-powered GPU proceesors for the purpose of his startup venture. He further registered a company named X.AI.
Now, onto the company mentioned in this article – Nvidia Corporatioin. A favorite among gamers and more recently, investors, Nvidia is a technology company that has designs and manufactures graphics processing units (GPUs) for gaming, professional visualization, data center and automotive purposes. A go-to source for innovative technology, Musk has apparently taken it upon himself to secure thousands of high-powered GPUs for his upcoming venture in AI.
Given the current state of technology and the promise of AI related research, it will be interesting to find out further details of Musk’s plans for the startup, and to see what kind of advancements the company brings to the industry.
