According to a report by The Information on Monday, Elon Musk has reached out to AI researchers in recent weeks to explore the possibility of creating a new research laboratory to develop an alternative to OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The report cited individuals with direct knowledge of the effort.
Tesla and Twitter chief Musk has been recruiting Igor Babuschkin, a researcher who recently left Alphabet’s DeepMind AI unit, the report said.
ChatGPT gained a lot of attention and interest from the tech industry due to its advanced capabilities in generating human-like text. Its ability to understand context, generate coherent sentences, and respond to various prompts has made it a valuable tool for various applications, from customer service chatbots to content creation tools. Its success has also sparked interest in the potential of AI language models and the development of even more advanced systems in the future.
Musk, who had co-founded OpenAI along with Silicon Valley investor Sam Altman in 2015 as a nonprofit startup, had left its board in 2018, but chimed in with his take on the chatbot, calling it “scary good”.
Musk and Babuschkin have discussed assembling a team to pursue AI research but the project is still in the early stages, with no concrete plan to develop specific products, the report said quoting an interview with the latter.
Babuschkin added that has not officially signed onto the Musk initiative, according to the report.
Musk and Babuschkin could not be reached immediately for comments.
