The Quiet AI War: OpenAI vs. XAI — Who Will Reach AGI First?
Inside the Harsh Competition Driving the Future of Artificial Intelligence
Hi, AI Futurists!
It all started with a casual conversation between Elon Musk and Google co-founder Larry Page. Page envisioned a future where artificial intelligence (AI) would be developed behind closed doors for profit, relying on Google’s acquisition of DeepMind to build a formidable lead.
Concerned about the potential dangers of a closed AI system, Musk responded by gathering a team of experts and co-founding OpenAI in 2015.
His vision was clear: create an open-source, nonprofit AI company to counterbalance Google’s closed approach. For years, OpenAI’s mission was to ensure that AI development remained open and accessible to all.
Fast forward to today, and the very company Musk co-founded has taken a different path. OpenAI has transformed into a closed-source, for-profit entity. This turn of events led Musk to once again create a counterbalance.
In July 2023, Musk launched XAI, a new venture aimed at countering OpenAI’s direction, reviving his original vision of an open and democratized AI future. The result? A quiet but fierce competition between Musk’s XAI and OpenAI’s Sam Altman, both…