Elon Musk launches new AI company 'X.AI'

Elon Musk, who owns companies such as Twitter, Tesla, and SpaceX, has established a new company ' X.AI ' specializing in artificial intelligence (AI). X.AI is incorporated in the state of Nevada in the United States, and its existence is made clear from

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Elon Musk founds a new AI company called X.AI - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/14/23684005/elon-musk-new-ai-company-x

According to the Wall Street Journal, Mr. Mask's name is the only listed director of a company named 'X.AI' from the incorporation application documents submitted to the state of Nevada in the United States in March 2023. We are reporting. At X.AI, Mr. Jared Birchall, CEO of Neuralink , a brain machine interface development company founded by Mr. Mask, seems to serve as a secretary. As X.AI is a privately held company, 100 million shares are permitted to be sold.

In addition, it was just reported that Twitter, one of the companies owned by Mr. Mask, was integrated into a company called 'X' just the other day. This company, X, has a parent company called X Holdings and is incorporated in Nevada like X.AI.

'Twitter' as a company disappears and is integrated into a company called 'X' - GIGAZINE

According to legal experts, Nevada law gives company management and directors more discretion and protection than Delaware law, which is why X and X.AI are incorporated in the state. The Wall Street Journal reports that it is the reason for the change.

The Wall Street Journal has requested Mr. Mask to comment on X.AI, but no response has been obtained at the time of writing the article.

As part of his ambitions for AI, Mr. Mask is looking for researchers with the goal of creating a rival horse for ChatGPT developed by OpenAI over the past few months. Musk was one of the co-founders of OpenAI, but left the company in early 2018 after losing a power struggle with current CEO Sam Altman. Mr. Mask has often criticized OpenAI's ChatGPT as 'politically biased' and has told his relatives that he is aiming to develop a better AI model, The Wall Street Journal reports. .

In addition, it is reported that Mr. Musk has pulled out AI researcher Igor Babushkin from DeepMind, an AI company under Google's parent company Alphabet, and he has been appointed as the leader of a new AI project led by Mr. Musk. pattern. In addition, Mr. Mask seems to be calling on OpenAI researchers to participate in his own AI project, but according to a person familiar with this project, the results of this call are limited.

Report that Earon Mask is looking for a ``ChatGPT rival'' development team - GIGAZINE

by Steve Jurvetson

In light of the rapid development of AI technology in recent years, more than 1,300 experts, including Mr. Mask, have signed an open letter requesting a six-month suspension of AI development.

More than 1,300 people, including Earon Mask and Steve Wozniak, signed an open letter asking all engineers to stop the immediate development of AI beyond GPT-4 for 6 months due to the fear of ``loss of control'' - GIGAZINE

However, after signing this open letter, Mr. Mask is reportedly purchasing about 10,000 GPUs and developing his own generative AI.

Elon Musk, who requested ``suspension of AI research for 6 months'', found out that he was purchasing 10,000 GPUs and proceeding with his own AI project - GIGAZINE

by JD Lasica from Pleasanton, CA, US