Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX, is set to appear at a Russian conference focused on artificial intelligence. Western media have reported on the potential guest appearance, noting Musk’s influence across the tech landscape.
According to coverage from EU Reporter, Musk was slated to speak at the international Artificial Intelligence Journey 2023 conference. The event, which receives support from Sberbank, was scheduled to take place from November 22 to 24 that year (EU Reporter).
Industry observers suggested that Musk’s presence at the Russia-hosted gathering could be tied to the unveiling of xAI’s Grok text generator, a chatbot positioned as a competitor to ChatGPT (EU Reporter).
Organizers of AI Journey 2023 had not officially confirmed Musk’s participation at the time of reporting. Media outlets sought confirmation from the conference committee, but no formal response had been issued by publication time (EU Reporter).
Earlier reports highlighted Musk as the founder of SpaceX and Tesla and as the chairman of X (formerly Twitter). He has showcased early demonstrations of Grok, the chatbot developed by his xAI startup, which aims to compete with other generative AI services (EU Reporter).
Grok is described as a chatbot and a generative AI model that draws training data from the X social network. Unlike some competitors, Grok is designed to ingest content from X in real time, enabling it to reflect the latest information as it appears on the platform (EU Reporter).