Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk is reportedly creating a new artificial intelligence startup that will directly compete with OpenAI, a GPT-4 (Generative Pre-Trained Transformer) based chatbot maker. According to the Financial Times, Musk is building a team of AI engineers and recruiting external investors for the project. He is in talks with some investors from SpaceX and Tesla.
This news follows Musk’s recent appeal for a six-month moratorium on the development of AI systems that may be more powerful than OpenAI’s GPT-4, citing potential risks to society. This, of course, caused a great deal of backlash from OpenAI, who noted that the move would put their company’s progress at risk.
OpenAI is a nonprofit research laboratory that focuses on artificial intelligence. Founded in 2015, the lab has made significant breakthroughs in the field of deep learning, natural language processing, and robotics. The company is backed by several major tech companies such as Microsoft and Amazon, as well as prominent investors like Reid Hoffman, Peter Thiel and Elon Musk.
Elon Musk is one of the most successful and influential entrepreneurs of modern times. He is the founder and CEO of Tesla Motors, CEO and CTO of Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, and co-founder and CEO of Neuralink. He has also made a name for himself as a pioneer in the realm of artificial intelligence, with his open-source development of neural networks, voice recognition software, and autonomous vehicles. He has also funded numerous research projects related to the development of ethical artificial intelligence, robotics and space exploration.
With Musk’s new AI startup, the tech world will no doubt be further disrupted in the near future. It remains to be seen what kind of advancements this new project will make and to what extent it will rival OpenAI, as well as its potential impact on the industry.
