Elon Musk Launches AI Company To Rival OpenAI, Google

Elon Musk on Wednesday launched his own artificial intelligence company, xAI, as he intends to compete with OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, a program he had earlier accused of being politically biased and irresponsible.

The xAI website stated that the Tesla tycoon would operate the company separately from his other companies but that the technology developed would benefit those businesses, including Twitter.

“The goal of xAI is to understand the true nature of the universe,” the website said.

Musk on Twitter said that the new company’s aim was to “understand reality” and answer life’s biggest questions.

The startup is staffed by former researchers from OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Tesla and the University of Toronto.

The team is to be advised by Dan Hendrycks, who currently leads the Center for AI Safety, a San Francisco-based organization that warns against developing AI too quickly.