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Elon Musk Ropes In DeepMind Researcher to Build OpenAI Rival
Elon Musk Ropes In DeepMind Researcher to Build OpenAI Rival

Elon Musk Ropes In DeepMind Researcher to Build OpenAI Rival

 “Company is effectively controlled by Microsoft,” Musk, the one who co-founded OpenAI with Sam Altman in 2015, recently said that the way the company has now become closed source and maximising profit, is not what he had intended. 

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Key takeaways

  • Elon Musk is recruiting AI researchers to establish a rival to OpenAI, particularly focusing on developing alternatives to ChatGPT.
  • Musk criticises OpenAI for becoming closed-source and prioritising profit, which deviates from its original vision.
  • Igor Babuschkin, a former DeepMind researcher, has been approached to join Musk's initiative, although he has not formally committed yet.
  • Musk's concerns about AI development include its perceived 'wokeness' and the control exerted by Microsoft over OpenAI.
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Elon Musk has been approaching AI researchers to form a new research lab to develop an alternative to ChatGPT, The Information reported . The Tesla and Twitter chief has recruited Igor Babuschkin, the senior staff research engineer, who recently left DeepMind.

Read: Why Google Does Not Deserve DeepMind

Even though the project is still in early stages, Musk and Babuschkin are assembling a team to pursue AI research and develop products, said Babuschkin in an interview. However, he has not officially signed into the Musk initiative. 

 “The company is effectively controlled by Microsoft,” Musk, the one who co-founded OpenAI with Sam Altman in 2015, recently said that the way the company has now become closed-source and maximising profit, is not what he had intended. 

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1626516035863212034

Even though Musk had left the board of OpenAI in 2018, in December last year, Musk called Altman’s ChatGPT – “scary good”. Later in the same month, Musk called out the chatbot and OpenAI for, “training AI to be woke”. 

Earlier this month, Isaac Latterell posted on Twitter a screenshot of ChatGPT listing controversial personalities, which included Musk in it. 

Elon Musk has been an advocate for “free speech” for a while now, which is the reason he claims that he bought Twitter as well. His comments on OpenAI’s chatbot imply that a ChatGPT rival might be in the making which might have fewer restrictions. In other words, the chatbot that Musk develops might be able to give out replies that ChatGPT right now marks as “offensive”. Who know?

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