Billionaire Elon Musk plans to launch an artificial intelligence (AI) platform called "TruthGPT" to rival offerings from Microsoft and Google
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
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 said TruthGPT "might be the best path to safety" that would be "unlikely to annihilate humans"
Musk has been hiring AI researchers from Google to launch a startup to rival OpenAI, according to Reuters sources
Musk registered a firm called X.AI Corp in Nevada, listing himself as the sole director and Jared Birchall as a secretary
Musk has warned of the potential dangers of AI and has called for AI regulation, saying it has the potential for "civilizational destruction"
Musk has said that super-intelligent AI can write incredibly well and potentially manipulate public opinions
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
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