Elon Musk is pushing ahead with an AI project at Twitter. Despite recently calling for a halt in the development of such technology, according to US media sources.
According to Insider, Musk has purchased thousands of powerful, expensive computing processors. And employed AI engineering talent. While the Information reports that the entrepreneur has floated the notion of launching a competitor to ChatGPT.
Meanwhile, Musk has reduced employees at Twitter as part of a big cost-cutting effort. After acquiring the San Francisco startup for $44 billion late last year.
The Insider article came less than two weeks after Musk signed a letter with experts urging for a pause in AI development.
The open letter, published on the website of Musk’s Future of Life Institute, called for a six-month moratorium on the creation of powerful AI systems.
According to the billionaire Tesla CEO and others, “AI systems with human-competitive intelligence can pose profound risks to society and humanity.”
Academics and computer luminaries like Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak signed the petition. Arguing that the pause should be utilized to strengthen regulation and ensure the systems’ safety.
Critics, on the other hand, described the letter as a “hot mess” of “AI hype” that even misinterpreted a scholarly paper.
Insider article states, Musk’s fledgling AI effort at Twitter involves training a language model to create written material.
According to the source, generative AI might also be used as a search or advertising tool. But Musk did not specify what its purpose would be at Twitter.
Twitter responded to a comment request with a faeces emoji, as Musk has done in the past.
Google, Meta, and Microsoft have spent years developing AI systems. Previously known as machine learning or big data – to aid in translations, search, and targeted advertising.
However, late last year, the San Francisco business OpenAI stoked interest in AI by releasing ChatGPT. A bot that can generate screeds of natural language writing from a single command.
Musk cofounded OpenAI before departing in 2018.
Since then, Microsoft has stated that it is investing billions of dollars in OpenAI and incorporating its technology into its Bing internet search service.
