Elon Musk's new company xAI set to take on OpenAI, Google: 7 things to know
Elon Musk finally launched his highly anticipated artificial intelligence startup, xAI. The company's team consists of engineers recruited from major U.S. technology firms, which Musk aims to rival as he strives to create an alternative to ChatGPT.
Musk, already renowned as the CEO of Tesla, the electric car manufacturer, as well as the CEO of SpaceX, a company focused on rocket launches, and the owner of Twitter, will personally lead the startup. He has been vocal about his belief that AI development should be temporarily halted and that the industry requires regulation, citing concerns about the potential "civilizational destruction" caused by AI. Here are 7 things that you should know about xAI: During a Twitter Spaces event on Wednesday evening, Elon Musk shared his strategy for developing a safer artificial intelligence.
He explained that xAI would not focus on explicitly programming morality into its AI systems. Instead, the company aims to create an AI that is "maximally curious." By fostering a high level of curiosity in the AI, Musk believes it will naturally align its behavior with human values and reduce the potential risks associated with AI development. "If it tried to understand the true nature of the universe, that's actually the best thing that I can come up with from an AI safety standpoint.
I think it is going to be pro-humanity from the standpoint that humanity is just much more interesting than not-humanity," Musk said. According to NDTV, in the realm of technology, the term "xAI" is often used as an abbreviation for Explainable AI or Interpretable AI. This concept focuses on enabling humans to comprehend the rationale behind the decisions or predictions made by artificial intelligence systems. To
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