xAI (company)
xAI is an artificial intelligence startup founded on July 12, 2023 by Elon Musk. According to Musk, the goal of the company is to "understand the true nature of the universe." The company is composed of alumni of OpenAI, DeepMind, Google Research, Microsoft Research, Tesla, and Twitter. Dan Hendrycks, the executive director of the Center for AI Safety is one of the advisors.[1][2][3][4][5]
Background
In April 2023, the Financial Times reported that Musk was planning to launch an AI startup. He had secured thousands of Nvidia GPU processors for a potential large language model.[6]
In addition, Musk stated in an interview with Tucker Carlson that he wanted to found something he dubbed “TruthGPT” due to his fears that current AI companies were training systems to be “politically correct.”[7]
References
- ^ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-12/musk-unveils-xai-as-way-to-understand-true-nature-of-universe#xj4y7vzkg
- ^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/07/12/elon-musk-xai-google-openai/
- ^ Field, Hayden (July 12, 2023). "Elon Musk launches his new company, xAI". CNBC.
- ^ https://www.ft.com/content/19cce4b5-b2dd-4c1e-a109-b500e504dbb6
- ^ https://www.wsj.com/articles/elon-musk-xai-artificial-intelligence-company-openai-chatgpt-4a6f178a
- ^ Waters, Richard; Bradshaw, Tim; Murgia, Madhumita; Kinder, Tabby (April 14, 2023). "Elon Musk plans artificial intelligence start-up to rival OpenAI". (subscription required)
- ^ Kolodny, Lora (April 18, 2023). "Elon Musk plans 'TruthGPT' A.I. to rival OpenAI, DeepMind". CNBC.