Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk is reportedly developing plans to create an artificial intelligence (AI) startup to compete with ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, one of the most popular generative AI companies he co-founded in 2015. 

The revelation came after information surfaced that Musk is assembling a team of AI researchers and engineers, according to the Financial Times (FT). While Musk left the board of OpenAI in 2018, the launch of the new AI startup will place him among other tech giants, such as Google and Microsoft, to build next-gen AI.

The report suggests that Musk is in talks with existing SpaceX and Tesla investors regarding investments in the upcoming AI venture. “A bunch of people are investing in it . . . it’s real and they are excited about it,” added FT’s source.

In the months ahead, we will use AI to detect & highlight manipulation of public opinion on this platform.Let’s see what the psy ops cat drags in …

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 18, 2023The alleged findings complement a recent report from April 12, wherein an anonymous source revealed that Musk procured nearly 10,000 graphics processing units to power Twitter’s AI initiatives.

We're calling on AI labs to temporarily pause training powerful models!Join FLI's call alongside Yoshua Bengio, @stevewoz, @harari_yuval, @elonmusk, @GaryMarcus & over a 1000 others who've signed: https://t.co/3rJBjDXapc A short on why we're calling for this - (1/8)

— Future of Life Institute (@FLIxrisk) March 29, 2023On March 9, Musk incorporated a company named X (X.AI), listing himself as the company’s sole director. In addition, Musk also changed the name of Twitter to “X Corp” in company filings as part of his plans to create an “everything app” under the “X” brand.

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— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 11, 2023In contrast, Musk and more than 2,600 tech leaders and researchers signed an open letter urging a temporary pause on further AI development on March 30, fearing “profound risks to society and humanity.”

Yet another tech giant joining the AI race is Amazon Web Services (AWS).

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— Amazon Web Services (@awscloud) April 13, 2023The Amazon Bedrock initiative will allow AWS users to build generative AI from foundation models.