Billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk announced Wednesday the formation of an artificial intelligence company called xAI after months of speculation.
Executives from xAI previously worked on artificial intelligence breakthroughs at Microsoft, Google, Tesla, OpenAI, Deepmind and other technology firms.
The Financial Times previously reported Musk’s plans to start an AI firm to challenge Open AI’s Chat GPT system, despite his repeated warnings about how the technology could destroy human civilization. In March, Musk signed a letter from AI researchers urging AI companies to pause experiments for at least the next six months.