On Friday, Elon Musk mentioned the purpose of xAI, his new artificial intelligence company and said that its purpose will be to “understand the universe.”
The billionaire discussed his vision for xAI for the first time while veering into topics such as the Earth’s evolution and the fragility of civilization in a 90-minute long Twitter Spaces audio chat.
After accusing companies like OpenAI and Google of developing technology without considering risks to humans, Musk, on Wednesday announced the formation of xAI. OpenAI and Google, however, did not respond to request for comment.
According to Musk, xAI would seek to build a “good AGI,” as an alternative to Microsoft, Google and OpenAI.
During the Spaces session, which had a delayed start as Twitter needed to “tweak the algorithm” to promote the chat to more users, Musk said xAI would work closely with his other companies, Twitter and Tesla.
The company will be using public tweets to train its AI models and might also work with Tesla on AI software.
Musk said, “Such a relationship would have “mutual benefit” and could accelerate Tesla’s work in self-driving capabilities.”
He also put accusations on AI companies of training their models using Twitter data in what he characterised as an illegal manner.
Musk, who has advocated for regulations in AI, said he has pushed for meetings with White House officials and has emphasised the importance of regulating AI in his recent meetings with top government officials in China.
