Elon Musk’s xAI to Make Initial Move Towards Deploying AI Model

Elon Musk, known for his strong warnings about the risks of artificial intelligence (AI), may appear to be against AI. However, he surprised many by launching his own AI startup called xAI in March 2023. Despite initially aiming to explore the fundamental nature of the universe, xAI has been actively working on developing its own AI model. Now, xAI is preparing to reveal its AI model, but only to a limited audience.

xAI’s AI model

This comes nearly a year after OpenAI’s ChatGPT captured the imagination of businesses and users around the world, spurring the adoption of generative AI technology.

In an X message, Musk announced: “Tomorrow @xAI will release its first artificial intelligence to a select group. In some important ways, it’s the best there is right now.”

The billionaire, who has been critical of Big Tech’s AI efforts and censorship, said earlier this year that he would launch a maximalist truth-seeking AI that would try to understand the nature of the universe alongside Google’s Bard and Microsoft’s Bing AI.

Although Musk-owned X, the social media company formerly known as Twitter, and XAI are separate, the companies work closely together. XAI also works with Tesla and other companies.

Larry Ellison, the founder of Oracle and a close friend of Musk, said in September that XAI had signed a deal to train its AI model on Oracle’s cloud.

Musk on artificial intelligence

Recently, Elon Musk has been very vocal about the dangers of artificial intelligence and the importance of regulating it. In an interview with Tucker Carlson in April, Musk said, “AI is more dangerous than, say, poorly managed aircraft design or production maintenance, or poor automobile production, in the sense that it has the potential—however small the probability, but it’s not trivial—it has the potential to destroy civilization .”

Speaking about AI at the AI Security Summit in the UK, Musk said: “There is a above-zero chance that AI will kill us all. I think it’s slow, but there’s a chance. I think it’s also about the fragility of human civilization. If you study history, you’ll see that every civilization has some kind of lifespan.”

(via Reuters feeds)