Elon Musk recruits team to develop OpenAI’s ChatGPT rival – The Information

Feb 27 (Reuters) – Elon Musk has approached AI researchers in current weeks about forming a brand new analysis lab to develop a substitute for OpenAI’s ChatGPT, the Info reported on Monday, citing individuals with direct data of the hassle.

Tesla and Twitter chief Musk has been recruiting Igor Babuschkin, a researcher who just lately left Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) DeepMind AI unit, the report stated.

The report comes after ChatGPT, a text-based chatbot developed by OpenAI that may draft prose, poetry and even pc code on command, gained widespread consideration in Silicon Valley.

Musk, who had co-founded OpenAI together with Silicon Valley investor Sam Altman in 2015 as a nonprofit startup, had left its board in 2018, however chimed in together with his tackle the chatbot, calling it “scary good”.

Musk and Babuschkin have mentioned assembling a workforce to pursue AI analysis however the mission continues to be within the early levels, with no concrete plan to develop particular merchandise, the report stated quoting an interview with the latter.

Babuschkin added that has not formally signed onto the Musk initiative, based on the report.

Musk and Babuschkin couldn’t be reached instantly for feedback.

Reporting by Yana Gaur in Bengaluru; Extra reporting by Anirudh Saligrama in Bengaluru; Modifying by Rashmi Aich

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