Musk has entered the field, and the AI track welcomes new players xAI | Musk

Release time:Apr 14, 2024 04:52 AM

A new player has arrived on the artificial intelligence development track. American entrepreneur Elon Musk announced on the 12th the establishment of xAI, a new company focused on artificial intelligence, aimed at understanding the essence of the universe. More information about xAI is expected to be revealed at an event on the 14th.

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"Announcing the establishment of @ xAI to understand reality," Musk said on social media Twitter that day.

The xAI official website will be launched simultaneously. Official information shows that the xAI team is currently composed of 12 people, including Musk, all male and many Asian. The team is led by Musk and can be described as a gathering of experts. Some members have worked at industry leaders such as Deep Thinking, OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, as well as Tesla and the University of Toronto, and have been involved in the development of well-known products such as the GPT-4.

Greg Yang, co-founder of xAI, revealed that the business scope of this startup will involve "deep learning mathematics" and "large-scale neural network development" to "elevate artificial intelligence to a new level.".

XAI also hired Dan Hendrix as an advisor. Hendrix is currently the director of the non-profit organization Artificial Intelligence Security Center, headquartered in San Francisco.

In terms of corporate nature, the information on xAI's official website shows that "xAI is independent of X company, but will work closely with other companies such as X and Tesla to move towards our mission.".

In April this year, US media cited a document submitted by Twitter to a California court stating that Twitter no longer exists and has merged into the newly established X company. At that time, Musk posted an "X" on Twitter, seemingly confirming this news.

XAI also stated that the new team will make an appearance at an event held on Twitter on the 14th and interact with netizens. XAI is currently actively recruiting experienced engineers and researchers to join this team based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

New Wave

XAI has thus joined an increasingly crowded race track. Last November, American artificial intelligence company OpenAI released ChatGPT, which caused a sensation due to its ability to write papers, poems, or programming code according to user needs in seconds. Industry experts predict that ChatGPT will not only be a major breakthrough for chatbots, but also bring tremendous changes to the information technology industry.

In fact, Musk is one of the co founders of OpenAI and once called ChatGPT "terrifying", but he left the OpenAI board in 2018. In the public opinion, Musk's launch of xAI seems to point at ChatGPT.

At the same time, a wave of artificial intelligence has emerged. In February of this year, the parent company of Google, Alphabet, announced that it would launch the chatbot "Budd" to compete with ChatGPT.

In addition, Microsoft in the United States has launched an AI driven version of Bing search engine

However, this rapidly developing new technology has also raised concerns. In May of this year, the Artificial Intelligence Security Center issued an open letter that attracted public attention. This letter consists of only 22 English words in one sentence, aimed at reminding people to pay attention to the threat that artificial intelligence may pose to human survival. This letter has received signatures from over 350 executives and scholars in the artificial intelligence industry.

Musk did not sign this letter, but he signed an open letter published on the website of the American Institute for the Future of Life in March this year, calling on all institutions to suspend work on developing artificial intelligence systems that are more powerful than GPT-4 for at least six months to discuss relevant ethical norms. At that time, Musk and a group of technology leaders also warned that AI systems with comparable intelligence to humans would pose significant risks to society and humanity.

Yesterday, Musk made the latest prediction that "super intelligence" or artificial intelligence that is smarter than humans will emerge within five to six years.

But currently, while expressing concerns about artificial intelligence, Musk is also brewing to "start over".

In February of this year, British media reported that Musk had contacted artificial intelligence researchers to discuss building a new laboratory dedicated to developing competitors for the big language model ChatGPT.

In April of this year, American media cited an official document from Nevada stating that Musk had registered and established a company called X.AI in the state in March of this year.

In April, Musk said, "I will start working on something. I call it the 'Truth GPT'." He said, hoping that this chatbot can "search for the truth" to the greatest extent possible and "try to understand the essence of the universe.".

At that time, Musk told Fox News that he did enter late, but his "Truth GPT" would be the best path to safety, and "AI aimed at understanding the universe cannot destroy humanity.".

As a startup, xAI still has many mysteries to be revealed. However, the arrival of xAI seems to be adding bricks and tiles to Musk's commercial empire. Bloomberg reported that Musk, who is 52 years old, currently oversees six companies - Tesla, Space Exploration Technology, Twitter, NeuroConnect, infrastructure company Boring Co, and xAI.

However, just as Musk officially announced his entry into the field of artificial intelligence, Twitter's situation became increasingly difficult. Since Musk acquired Twitter for $44 billion last year, this traditional social media giant has gone through a period of turbulence. Recently, Twitter has been besieged by competitors such as Threads in Silicon Valley

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