Elon Musk on Friday said his new AI company, xAI, will use public tweets from Twitter to coach his AI models and collaborate with Tesla on AI software.
The billionaire who owns Twitter and runs Tesla said during an audio chat on Twitter Spaces that the connection between his firms could be “mutually helpful” and could speed up Tesla’s work on autonomous driving capabilities.
Musk has criticized other AI firms, accusing them of developing technology without considering the risks to humans.
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On Friday, Musk said xAI’s goal was to extend “understanding of the universe” and provide a substitute for Microsoft, Google, and OpenAI in achieving general artificial intelligence, which refers to an AI that may solve problems like a human.
He also accused all AI firms of coaching their models using Twitter data in what he described as illegal.
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Musk, who has advocated for AI regulation, said he insisted on meetings with White House officials and stressed the importance of AI regulation in recent meetings with China’s top government officials.