{"id":443676,"date":"2023-04-16T09:39:13","date_gmt":"2023-04-16T07:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationorigins.com\/?p=443676"},"modified":"2023-04-16T09:39:13","modified_gmt":"2023-04-16T07:39:13","slug":"elon-musk-from-warning-against-the-dangers-of-ai-to-founding-x-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/en\/elon-musk-from-warning-against-the-dangers-of-ai-to-founding-x-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk: from warning against the dangers of AI to founding X.AI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Elon Musk has established X.AI Corporation, an AI company set to rival OpenAI and Google in next-gen AI development. Incorporated on 9 March, X.AI focuses on creating an all-in-one app called X, linked to Musk&#8217;s Twitter and Tesla ventures. Musk, who co-founded OpenAI in 2015 and left in 2018, has been critical about the company prioritizing profit over AI safety. He has recently procured nearly 10,000 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Graphics_processing_unit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GPUs<\/a> for Twitter&#8217;s AI initiatives and is in talks with SpaceX and Tesla investors for financial backing. This move comes shortly after Musk, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, and over 2,600 tech leaders signed an open letter urging a temporary pause on AI development, citing &#8220;profound risks to society and humanity.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">X.AI Corporation: An unexpected move<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Elon Musk&#8217;s decision to establish X.AI Corporation raises eyebrows, as the tech mogul had recently signed an open letter alongside Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and other tech leaders, advocating a six-month pause in AI development. The letter, published on the Musk-funded Future of Life Institute&#8217;s website, warned against the potential risks AI systems with human-competitive intelligence could pose to society and humanity. Critics have labeled the letter a &#8220;hot mess&#8221; of &#8220;AI hype&#8221; and accused it of <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/elon-musk-forms-x-ai-021349553.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">misrepresenting<\/a> an academic paper.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"vlp-link-container vlp-layout-basic wp-block-visual-link-preview-link advgb-dyn-8d8bc6ab\"><a href=\"https:\/\/innovationorigins.com\/en\/selected\/elon-musk-and-others-urge-ai-pause-citing-risks-to-society\/\" class=\"vlp-link\" title=\"Elon Musk and others urge AI pause, citing \u2018risks to society\u2019 - Innovation Origins\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><div class=\"vlp-layout-zone-side\"><div class=\"vlp-block-2 vlp-link-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationorigins.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ai-generated-g1517cb41b_1920.jpg\" style=\"max-width: 150px; max-height: 150px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vlp-layout-zone-main\"><div class=\"vlp-block-0 vlp-link-title\">Elon Musk and others urge AI pause, citing \u2018risks to society\u2019 &#8211; Innovation Origins<\/div><div class=\"vlp-block-1 vlp-link-summary\">Elon Musk and artificial intelligence experts are calling for a six-month pause in developing systems more powerful than OpenAI\u2019s newly launched GPT-4.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The incorporation of X.AI Corporation took place in Nevada, US, with Musk listed as the company&#8217;s sole director. As part of this plan, Twitter&#8217;s formal company name was changed to X Corp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Competing with OpenAI and Google<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>With X.AI Corporation, Musk aims to challenge the likes of OpenAI and Google in the AI development race. This is particularly interesting, considering Musk co-founded OpenAI in 2015, with the mission to develop AI that would benefit humanity without causing harm or being influenced by corporate and political agendas. However, Musk left OpenAI&#8217;s board in 2018, citing a potential conflict of interest with Tesla&#8217;s AI technology. He has since criticised OpenAI for prioritising profit over AI safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assembling a team of AI researchers and engineers, Musk is reportedly in talks with existing SpaceX and Tesla investors regarding investments in the upcoming AI venture. According to a Financial Times source, &#8220;A bunch of people is investing in it&#8230;it&#8217;s real, and they are excited about it&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As AI development continues to advance, the formation of X.AI Corporation signals Musk&#8217;s intention to remain at the forefront of this ever-evolving field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk has established X.AI Corporation, an AI company set to rival OpenAI and Google in next-gen AI development. Incorporated on 9 March, X.AI focuses on creating an all-in-one app called X, linked to Musk&#8217;s Twitter and Tesla ventures. Musk, who co-founded OpenAI in 2015 and left in 2018, has been critical about the company [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2589,"featured_media":494132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8553],"tags":[10373,3368,4538,77252],"location":[6763,76794],"article_type":[36684],"serie":[],"archives":[],"internal_archives":[],"reboot-archive":[],"class_list":["post-443676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-digital","tag-ai","tag-elon-musk","tag-twitter","tag-x-ai","location-netherlands","location-united-states","article_type-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":{"subtitle":"Despite his earlier warnings his formation of X.AI Corporation signals Musk's intention to push development forward.","text_display_homepage":false},"author_meta":{"display_name":"Team IO","author_link":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/author\/erikdevries\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Elon_Musk_3018710552.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/en\/category\/digital\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Digital<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Digital<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/en\/category\/digital\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">AI<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/en\/category\/digital\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Elon Musk<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/en\/category\/digital\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">twitter<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/en\/category\/digital\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">x.ai<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">AI<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Elon Musk<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">twitter<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">x.ai<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 3 years ago","modified":"Updated 3 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on April 16, 2023","modified":"Updated on April 16, 2023"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on April 16, 2023 9:39 am","modified":"Updated on April 16, 2023 9:39 am"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2589"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=443676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/494132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443676"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=443676"},{"taxonomy":"article_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_type?post=443676"},{"taxonomy":"serie","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/serie?post=443676"},{"taxonomy":"archives","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/archives?post=443676"},{"taxonomy":"internal_archives","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal_archives?post=443676"},{"taxonomy":"reboot-archive","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reboot-archive?post=443676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}