Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI will open source the code for its sneaky Grok chatbot “this week,” its billionaire founder said.
The move makes Grok’s source code freely available for redistribution and modification, and appears to be Musk’s latest attack on rival OpenAI’s popular ChatGPT. twall street journal Previously reported.
After the announcement on X Early Monday morning, other users suggested that OpenAI should do the same, to which Musk responded, “OpenAI is lying.”
One Reddit user wrote in a thread called “r/OpenAI” that ChatGPT remains a closed-source application because “OpenAI has some concerns about the potential risks associated with making ChatGPT completely open source.” I guessed that there was.
“By keeping the code secret, we aim to prevent malicious use and other unintended consequences if it falls into the wrong hands.” post Added.
Mr. Musk’s harsh criticism of the AI giant run by Sam Altman comes after Tesla and SpaceX chiefs earlier this month sued OpenAI, Altman and co-founder Greg Brockman, saying they were calling the company “unreliable.” The number has further increased since the lawsuit was filed against the government for allegedly causing a “fundamental deviation from the law.” By putting profit before humanity.
OpenAI responded as follows: blog post“We intend to move toward rejecting all of Elon’s claims.”
Musk was a member of OpenAI’s founding team from its inception in 2015 to Altman’s falling out with Altman in 2018. The deal reportedly marks a shift away from the company’s purely nonprofit roots over disagreements with a deal Altman signed with Microsoft.
He launched his own AI company, xAI, in July 2023.
In early November, the company announced Grok, a large-scale language model. This model features a unique design that aims to “answer questions with a little wit.”
xAI said at the time that Grok’s purpose is to “support humanity’s quest for understanding and knowledge,” and after a series of beta tests, X’s Premium+ subscribers will be able to do just that.
The tool is modeled after the comedy science fiction series “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” by Douglas Adams, and claims that the book of the same name serves as “the standard repository of all knowledge and wisdom.”
After Musk demonstrated the injected sarcasm in Grok’s responses using a screenshot shared to accused of being
Representatives for OpenAI did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.
The Post also reached out to Musk of Company X, Tesla, and SpaceX for comment.
