Musk is currently in a legal battle with OpenAI, which he co-founded, over its transition from a non-profit to a for-profit entity. He argues that he invested $44 million in OpenAI with the intention of it remaining a non-profit. However, OpenAI has released emails showing Musk urging the company to raise $1 billion and become less open over time. Musk's other companies, including Tesla and xAI, could potentially benefit if OpenAI is forced to remain a non-profit.
Key takeaways:
- X has made its Grok chatbot, developed by Elon Musk's AI company xAI, free to all users. The chatbot was previously limited to paying X subscribers.
- Grok is touted as the most free speech-forward chatbot and includes a text-to-image generation feature. It can access the entire corpus of X content to provide real-time information.
- xAI has spent billions on developing large language models and scaling up a supercomputer in Memphis, aiming to outpace competitors like OpenAI and Google's Gemini.
- Musk is currently suing OpenAI, which he co-founded, over its transition from a non-profit, open-source company to a commercial enterprise. He argues this move benefits his own companies, including Tesla and xAI.