We’ve been listening to rumblings about Elon Musk’s new AI enterprise, xAI, for months, and now it seems to be prefer it’s virtually right here. The Tesla CEO and famous social media guru simply took to Twitter/X to proclaim that his AI enterprise will launch its first mannequin tomorrow, November 4.
This is a beta part, of a kind, because it’s being launched only to a “select group”, although Musk didn’t specify as to what went into the choice course of. Will or not it’s a random drop or will the AI mannequin be reserved for “VIPs” like, uh, Tucker Carlson, Chaya Raichik or the indefatigable Catturd? It’s anybody’s guess.
Musk is making lofty guarantees about his AI, asserting that “in some important respects, it is the best that currently exists.” It’ll be competing with big-time choices by OpenAI, Google, Meta and quite a few others, so we’ll see what “important respects” make it the perfect that at the moment exists.
The lofty guarantees began proper from the get-go with xAI, as its supposed function is sort of actually “to understand the true nature of the universe.” That’s a far cry from asking a chatbot what lodge to remain at or what you may cook dinner with two cucumbers and a bag of spinach. Musk has had an infinite string of points currently, together with flagging Tesla gross sales and, you realize, that entire Twitter factor, so we’ll see if he can efficiently unravel the true nature of actuality.
The timing right here does not appear to be a coincidence. Elon Musk spoke this week on the inaugural UK AI Safety Summit, the place the UK and US alike introduced investments in AI guardrails. Additionally, OpenAI is holding its first-ever DevDay on November 6, so Musk could possibly be trying to take the wind out of the corporate’s sails. The two firms usually are not solely rivals, however Musk was truly an preliminary board member at OpenAI with Sam Altman in 2015 earlier than a falling out that led to a swift divestment.
In any occasion, now we have mere hours earlier than we perceive the true nature of the universe. I’ll make the popcorn, if popcorn even exists after tomorrow. Exciting occasions!
