xAI (company)

X.AI Corp.,[1] doing business as xAI, is an American startup company working in the area of artificial intelligence (AI). It was founded on March 9, 2023, in Nevada[1] by Elon Musk.[2][3][4] According to the company's website as of July 2023, "The goal of xAI is to understand the true nature of the universe."[5]

X.AI Corp.
xAI
TypePrivate
IndustryArtificial intelligence
FoundedMarch 9, 2023 (2023-03-09)[lower-alpha 1]
FounderElon Musk
Headquarters
San Francisco Bay Area, California, U.S.
Websitex.ai
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Background

In 2015, Musk joined the inaugural board of directors at the non-profit AI research company OpenAI.[6] He invested as much as $1 billion in OpenAI,[7] but stepped down from the board in 2018 after an unsuccessful bid to take over its management, the result of a disagreement over AI safety.[6]

Framework

In April 2023, the Financial Times reported that Musk was planning to launch an AI startup.[8] He had secured thousands of Nvidia GPU processors for a potential new large language model.[8]

Musk officially announced the formation of xAI on July 12, 2023.[9] The date (7 + 12 + 23 = 42) was chosen as a reference to the book The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams[10] (in which a supercomputer calculates that the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything is 42) and to the company's mission "to understand the universe".[11][5] The company is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area in California.[12] According to the project's leaders, one of xAI's goals is to create an AI that is capable of advanced mathematical reasoning, something not found in current models.[13]

On July 14, Musk said in a Twitter Space that xAI would create a chatbot called "TruthGPT", which would act as an alternative to OpenAI's ChatGPT.[14][15][16][17] Musk also asserted that xAI's would be more trustworthy than OpenAI and Google.[18]

Notes
  1. The company was incorporated on this date. It was not officially announced until July 12, 2023.

References
  1. "X.AI Corp". OpenCorporates. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  2. "Elon Musk launches xAI in challenge to dominance of ChatGPT owner". The Financial Times. July 12, 2023. Archived from the original on July 12, 2023. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
  3. Bhattacharya, Suryathapa (July 12, 2023). "Elon Musk Launches xAI, His New Artificial-Intelligence Company". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on July 12, 2023. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
  4. Markman, Jon. "Elon Musk Unveils X.ai: A Game-Changer For Investors". Forbes. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  5. "xAI: Understand the Universe". x.ai. Archived from the original on August 3, 2023. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
  6. Stokel-Walker, Chris (July 13, 2023). "What is xAI, Elon Musk's new AI company, and will it succeed?". New Scientist.
  7. Goswami, Rohan (May 16, 2023). "Elon Musk claims he's the reason ChatGPT-owner OpenAI exists". CNBC. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  8. Waters, Richard; Bradshaw, Tim; Murgia, Madhumita; Kinder, Tabby (April 14, 2023). "Elon Musk plans artificial intelligence start-up to rival OpenAI". Financial Times. Archived from the original on April 16, 2023. Retrieved July 12, 2023.(subscription required)
  9. Vynck, Gerrit De (July 15, 2023). "Musk's new AI company, xAI, will aim to solve scientific mysteries". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  10. Gairola, Ananya. "How Elon Musk's xAI Launch Date Pays Tribute To Douglas Adam's 'Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy'". Benzinga. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  11. Musk, Elon [@elonmusk] (July 12, 2023). "And what are the most fundamental unknown questions?" (Tweet). Archived from the original on August 6, 2023. Retrieved September 1, 2023 – via Twitter.
  12. Anirban Ghoshal (July 13, 2023). "Elon Musk launches xAI to take on ChatGPT-maker OpenAI". Computer World. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  13. Schreckinger, Ben (July 17, 2023). "Elon Musk's liberal-trolling AI plan has a core audience". Politico.
  14. "UPDATE 2-Elon Musk says xAI will examine universe, work with Twitter and Tesla". Yahoo Finance. July 14, 2023. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  15. "Elon Musk Announces New Company xAI as He Seeks to Build ChatGPT Alternative". Bloomberg.com. July 12, 2023. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  16. "Elon Musk says he wants to create his own "safer" version of ChatGPT called TruthGPT - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. April 18, 2023. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  17. Roth, Emma (April 18, 2023). "Elon Musk claims to be working on 'TruthGPT' — a 'maximum truth-seeking AI'". The Verge. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  18. Nolan, Beatrice (July 17, 2023). "Elon Musk says his AI company is more trustworthy than OpenAI, Google". Business Insider. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
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