Elon Musk He has been very critical of the ChatGPT maker OpenAI For deviating from its mission to develop AI for the benefit of humanity and taking the path of profit. He has advocated that artificial intelligence (AI) should be accessible to everyone, and now he has announced his AI startup xAI will open the code Grok chatbot this week
“This week, @xAI will open source Gro,” Musk said in a post on X (formerly Twitter).
In simpler words, open source software, like a chatbot, means that software projects are redistributable, as all source code is available to everyone. One of the advantages of having open source software is that it gives a company the flexibility to have multiple ways to solve a problem, rather than waiting for an internal team to come up with a solution.
“OpenAI is a lie”
Meanwhile, one user suggested that OpenAI should do the same.
“OpenAI should do the same if they are ‘open’, that is,” said the user. Musk replied: “OpenAI is a lie.”
Musk wants AI technology to be open source
Musk floated the idea of open source AI in a podcast last November. In a podcast with Lex Fridman, Musk suggested that he likes the idea of open source AI. “I’m generally in favor of open source, like the trend toward open source,” he said.
His comments came soon after AI Company Grok launched xAI, its chatbot, which took four months to build. CEO of OpenAI Sam Altman He was quick to dig into this and share a post he published grok With a single prompt in GPT Builder.
“GPTs can save a lot of effort,” he said.
Musk obviously didn’t like the jab and responded with a lengthy message: “GPT-4 is about as funny as a screen door on a submarine.”
