Elon Musk's 'TruthGPT' to take on ChatGPT

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Billionaire Elon Musk plans to launch an artificial intelligence (AI) platform called "TruthGPT" to rival offerings from Microsoft and Google

TruthGPT vs ChatGPT

Musk accused OpenAI of "training the AI to lie" and said it has become a "closed source" and "for-profit" organisation that is closely allied with Microsoft

Musk criticises
Microsoft-backed OpenAI

In an interview with Fox News, Musk said he plans to create a "maximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe" with his TruthGPT platform

Musk calls for an AI that
seeks maximum truth

Musk said TruthGPT "might be the best path to safety" that would be "unlikely to annihilate humans"

Musk believes TruthGPT
could be the safest AI option

Musk has been hiring AI researchers from Google to launch a startup to rival OpenAI, according to Reuters sources

Musk poaches AI researchers
from Google

Musk registered a firm called X.AI Corp in Nevada, listing himself as the sole director and Jared Birchall as a secretary

Musk registered X.AI
Corp last month

Musk has warned of the potential dangers of AI and has called for AI regulation, saying it has the potential for "civilizational destruction"

Musk warns of potential
dangers of AI

Musk has said that super-intelligent AI can write incredibly well and potentially manipulate public opinions

Potential for AI to
manipulate public opinion

Musk co-founded OpenAI in 2015 but stepped down from the company's board in 2018, citing the need to focus on his other companies, Tesla and SpaceX

Musk left OpenAI board
in 2018

In 2019, Musk tweeted that he left OpenAI because he disagreed with some of the things that OpenAI team wanted to do. Also, because Tesla was competing for some of the same people as OpenAI

Musk's disagreements
with OpenAI team