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Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk launched his long-sought artificial intelligence startup xAI on Wednesday, unveiling a team made up of engineers from the very large U.S. tech companies he hopes to challenge in his quest to create an alternative to ChatGPT.
The startup will be led by Musk himself, who has repeatedly stated that the development of artificial intelligence should be put on hold and that the sector needs to be regulated. Musk has repeatedly voiced concerns that AI could lead to „civilizational destruction.“
On Wednesday night on Twitter Spaces, Musk outlined his plan to create safer AI. Instead of explicitly programming morality into its AI, he said, xAI will seek to create an AI that is „as curious as possible.“
„If it tries to understand the true nature of the universe, that will be the best I can come up with in terms of AI safety,“ Musk said. „I think he will be in favor of humanity from the standpoint that humanity is much more interesting than non-humanity.“
Musk’s new company is separate from X Corp but will work closely with Twitter, Tesla and other companies, according to its official website.
