Founder and tech mogul Elon Musk is setting up a new artificial intelligence (AI) start-up to challenge ChatGPT-maker OpenAI. Tesla and SpaceX investors have reportedly been in talks with Musk to fund the project. This endeavor follows pressure put on tech companies by a group of AI researchers and executives, compelling them to stop developing AI systems more powerful than OpenAI's GPT-4. From Microsoft to Google, major companies are attempting to utilize generative AI. Italy has banned ChatGPT due to privacy concerns and European regulators are creating policies to regulate its use. Musk's recent purchase of GPUs from Nvidia could be a sign of the AI venture. With X.AI in tow, Elon Musk is sure to revolutionize the AI industry.
Elon Musk, the billionaire tech entrepreneur and Twitter owner, is launching his own Artificial Intelligence (AI) startup, in an effort to rival OpenAI, the ChatGPT-maker that uses machines to generate human-like conversations and automated responses. Investors from Tesla and SpaceX have pledged financing for the startup that has already secured powerful graphics processors for AI and graphics related computing. OpenAI's GPT-4 is already performing advanced natural language processing, paving the way for Musk's startup to develop disruptively-innovative AI applications.
. Introducing ChatGPT - OpenAI's AI chatbot - the European Union's data protection regulator has formed a task force to ensure EU countries are in compliance with data privacy laws. ChatGPT has been temporarily banned in Italy and France is currently assessing it following 5 complaints. OpenAI confirms their AI is privacy compliant.
. ChatGPT, the AI chatbot from OpenAI, is the focus of fresh demands from Italian data protection regulators to offer users there the "right to be forgotten." OpenAI has until April 30th to implement new tools for processing data, protecting minors and ensuring transparency in order to keep offering its services in Italy. Learn more about regulations and the potential accountability measures concerning AI chatbot use.
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