Elon Musk, head of Tesla and SpaceX, criticized the work of OpenAI, the tech startup that created a chatbot with elements of artificial intelligence ChatGPT. In an interview with the TV channel, he talked about his company vision. CNBC.
The entrepreneur left the OpenAI board of directors in 2018, and a year later the venture became a company with limited profits. This decision angered Musk.
“It seems strange for something to be open source non-commercial and somehow turn into a commercial closed business. Creating an organization to save the Amazon rainforest and turning it into a lumber company is like cutting down the forest and selling it for money,” he added on CNBC.
According to Musk, Microsoft has control over the startup and can “turn off OpenAI” at any time. “They create a kind of digital superintelligence, almost god-like intelligence, but you have to understand who controls everything,” the businessman said.
The billionaire said he has invested nearly $50 million in the venture in the past and plays a “significant role” in recruiting key scientists and engineers. Musk was indeed one of OpenAI’s early investors – he and the startup’s current CEO, Sam Altman, were the two co-founders in 2015.
“I am the reason OpenAI exists. I found a name. OpenAI started as an open-source, nonprofit,” the businessman concluded.
Venture capitalist Vinod Khosla in May told BloombergThat Elon Musk’s calls to slow the development of AI could be a ploy to help AI catch up and catch up with the competition.
According to investor Gene Munster, Musk actively involved To his own AI initiative called X.ai.