Elon Musk hosted a recruiting event for his startup xAI at OpenAI's former headquarters, aiming to attract engineers. The event coincided with OpenAI's annual Dev Day, creating a competitive atmosphere in Silicon Valley. Musk emphasized his vision for creating a benign digital superintelligence and the need for rapid development.
Musk's approach included a call to action for engineers to join xAI, which he envisions as a dominant force in AI, akin to SpaceX in the aerospace industry. He discussed the importance of moving quickly in AI development, predicting that xAI, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google will be the key players in the next five years.
• Musk aims to create a benign digital superintelligence with xAI.
• xAI plans to open-source its models nine months post-release.
Musk believes that AGI will be achieved within a couple of years.
xAI aims to deliver a competitive large language model in a short timeframe.
xAI's first model was launched as Grok, a chatbot for paid subscribers to X.
The company aims to surpass OpenAI and deliver competitive AI models rapidly.
The company is a direct competitor to xAI, with Musk expressing distrust in its profit-driven approach.
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