On Wednesday, AI venture of Elon Musk officially launched its website at X.AI. Simultaneously, a Twitter account with the handle @xAI went live, featuring affiliate badges for the company’s staff. Musk personally confirmed his involvement by updating his Twitter profile bio to display the @xAI handle. Musk tweeted, “I am announcing the formation of @xAI to understand reality.”
At the time of publishing this article, Elon Musk did not provide any additional information. The official website is also lacking in any details behind the project.
“Announcing xAI,” the X.AI homepage reads. “July 12th 2023.”
“Today we announce the formation of xAI,” the website continues. “The goal of xAI is to understand the true nature of the universe.”
The website lists 12 members as part of the X.AI team, with Musk himself included. X.AI employs individuals who previously worked with other AI companies such as OpenAI, Deep Mind, Google Research, Microsoft Research, and Tesla.
X.AI homepage
The X.AI homepage also promotes an upcoming Twitter Space with the members of the X.AI team where listeners can ask questions. The audio chat is scheduled for Friday, July 14.
Eagle-eyed Twitter users may have noticed Musk hint at the company launch yesterday.
“Practically invisible,” Musk tweeted alongside a photo of Tesla’s Cybertruck with a camouflage-esque design. The picture reveals the presence of “X.AI” in a building window in the background.
News of entry of Elon Musk into the AI space with X.AI has trickled out over the past few months. The owner of Twitter and CEO of both SpaceX and Tesla has been quite opinionated about AI technology, especially after the launch of OpenAI’s popular chatbot ChatGPT.
Musk has previously railed against ChatGPT for being “woke” or providing users with “politically correct” output. However , in February, Igor Babuschkin, a former senior AI researcher at Google’s Deepmind, shared that Musk had reached out to him about potentially working on his AI vision. Babyschkin is notably featured as one of the 12 X.AI team members.
