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Elon Musk’s new xAI company launches to “understand the true nature of the universe” (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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xAI, Elon Musk’s newly formed AI company, has revealed itself with a new website detailing its mission and team at https://x.ai/. Musk tweeted the company’s intent is to “understand reality” without any other details or explanation.

“The goal of xAI is to understand the true nature of the universe,” according to the website. The team is headed up by Elon Musk and includes team members that have worked at other big names in AI, including OpenAI, Google Research, Microsoft Research, and DeepMind (which was recently folded into Google).

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He used to be a donor and a board member

In 2018, Musk resigned his board seat, citing "a potential future conflict [of interest]" with his role as CEO of Tesla due to Tesla's AI development for self-driving cars. Sam Altman claims that Musk believed OpenAI had fallen behind other players like Google and Musk proposed instead to take over OpenAI himself, which the board rejected. Musk subsequently left OpenAI but claimed to remain a donor, yet made no donations after his departure.

[–] ElectroNeutrino 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Musk: "Gimme company!"

Board: "No."

Musk: "Fine! I'm leaving!"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

"I'll totally still give you money though"