Elon Musk, the billionaire technology mogul, recently stated plans to launch an artificial intelligence (AI) platform called “TruthGPT” to challenge the existing offerings from Microsoft and Google. He accused Microsoft-backed OpenAI, who developed ChatGPT, of “training the AI to lie” and mentioned that they’ve become a closed source, for-profit entity in close ties with Microsoft. Furthermore, he accused Larry Page, the co-founder of Google, of not taking AI safety seriously.
Musk’s goal is to create a “maximum truth-seeking AI” that aims to “understand the nature of the universe” and he believes it is unlikely to harm humans as we’re part of the universe. OpenAI and Google did not immediately respond to requests for comments.
India has been poaching AI researchers from Google in order to form a startup that can compete with OpenAI. He recently registered X.AI Corp in Nevada with himself as the director and Jared Birchall from his family office as secretary.
Recently, Musk and a group of AI experts and industry MDs requested for a 6 month pause in the development of systems that surpass the power of OpenAI’s GPT-4, highlighting the potential risks of creating such systems. He also expressed his concern regarding the implications of creating supersmart AI, such as the ability to manipulate public opinions, and mentioned the need to regulate AI during his interview with Fox News Channel’s Tucker Carlson.
As CEO of several prominent companies, such as Tesla and SpaceX, Musk is not one to shy away from ambitious projects, including the venture to create his own Twitter, which he acquired for $44 billion last year.
About OpenAI:
OpenAI is an artificial intelligence research laboratory founded by Elon Musk, Sam Altman and Greg Brockman in December 2015. It is located in San Francisco, and is currently operated jointly by the non-profit OpenAI, Inc. and a for-profit entity, OpenAI LP. It is sponsored by a number of corporations, including Microsoft. OpenAI focuses on artificial general intelligence and its promotion of artificial general intelligence-based technology. Its research areas include robotics, natural language processing, machine learning, and generative models.
About Larry Page:
Larry Page is a computer scientist and internet entrepreneur. He is best known as one of the co-founders of Google, along with Sergey Brin. He was the chief executive officer of Google from 2001–2011 and remains a controlling shareholder on the board. He is currently the chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc., the umbrella company of Google. He has also invested in various startups and is an advocate of renewable energy.
