Musk's ambition for xAI is to build a "maximum-truth-seeking AI" that can understand the universe. The company, which collaborates with other Musk-led companies like Tesla, is advised by AI safety experts and is led by veterans from DeepMind, OpenAI, Google Research, Microsoft Research, and the University of Toronto. Musk's focus on AI development has intensified following his split with OpenAI, a company he co-founded but left in 2018.
Key takeaways:
- Elon Musk's AI startup, xAI, is developing a new AI model called Grok, which can answer questions conversationally and has internet browsing capabilities.
- Grok will be available to all subscribers of X's Premium Plus plan once it's out of early beta, according to Musk's tweet.
- xAI is advised by Dan Hendrycks, the director at the Center for AI Safety, and collaborates with X and other companies in Musk’s stead, including Tesla.
- Musk's AI ambitions have grown since his split with OpenAI co-founders Sam Altman and Ilya Sutskever, and he has become competitive with the company, from which he resigned in 2018.