Elon Musk, the renowned entrepreneur and CEO of companies like Tesla and SpaceX, is reportedly planning to launch a new start-up that will rival OpenAI in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). The news was first reported by The Wall Street Journal in May 2021.
According to the report, Musk has been seeking to hire engineers and AI experts to work on the project. The start-up will focus on building a large language model that can understand and respond to human language, similar to OpenAI’s GPT-3 model. However, Musk’s start-up will use a different approach to building the model, using a neural network architecture that is based on the human brain.
Musk’s new venture is also said to be seeking to attract investors and acquire the necessary chips and hardware to build the large language model. The company has not yet been named, and no official announcement has been made by Musk or any of his companies.
This move by Musk is not surprising, as he has long been vocal about his concerns regarding the potential dangers of AI. In 2015, he co-founded OpenAI with the goal of developing AI that is safe and beneficial to humanity. However, he later stepped down from the board of OpenAI in 2018 due to disagreements over the company’s direction.
With this new start-up, Musk is once again showing his determination to make a significant impact in the field of AI. It will be interesting to see how his new company will develop and what impact it will have on the field of AI in the coming years.
