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Elon Musk spars with Bill Gates over AI | |
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The Tesla CEO has criticized Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI, a company he helped to found in 2015 | |
Elon Musk has taken fellow billionaire Bill Gates to task for his “limited” understanding of artificial intelligence, suggesting he has a poor grasp of the emerging technology after the Microsoft founder said he has been involved in the field for years. | Elon Musk has taken fellow billionaire Bill Gates to task for his “limited” understanding of artificial intelligence, suggesting he has a poor grasp of the emerging technology after the Microsoft founder said he has been involved in the field for years. |
Musk took a shot at Gates in a social media post on Monday, responding after another user shared a recent article penned by the Microsoft mogul, in which he states he has held several meetings with the team from OpenAI – a tech company co-founded by Musk – beginning in 2016. | Musk took a shot at Gates in a social media post on Monday, responding after another user shared a recent article penned by the Microsoft mogul, in which he states he has held several meetings with the team from OpenAI – a tech company co-founded by Musk – beginning in 2016. |
“I remember the early meetings with Gates. His understanding of AI was limited. Still is,” Musk said. | “I remember the early meetings with Gates. His understanding of AI was limited. Still is,” Musk said. |
Published last week, Gates’ article declared that “The Age of AI has begun,” and went on to describe his work with OpenAI, including a “challenge” he gave to the firm to develop AI capable of passing an advanced placement highschool biology exam. | |
“I thought the challenge would keep them busy for two or three years. They finished it in just a few months,” he said of OpenAI, the developer behind the popular ChatGPT program. | “I thought the challenge would keep them busy for two or three years. They finished it in just a few months,” he said of OpenAI, the developer behind the popular ChatGPT program. |
Musk left OpenAI’s board of directors in 2018, and has since grown critical of the company, saying that while it was founded as an open-source, nonprofit venture, it has now become a “closed source maximum-profit company effectively controlled by Microsoft.” | Musk left OpenAI’s board of directors in 2018, and has since grown critical of the company, saying that while it was founded as an open-source, nonprofit venture, it has now become a “closed source maximum-profit company effectively controlled by Microsoft.” |
The initial $1 billion investment into OpenAI by Musk and other enthusiasts was matched by Microsoft in 2019, with the company later unveiling plans for a “multiyear, multibillion-dollar” investment into the tech firm, which has since integrated its AI into the Microsoft-owned Bing search engine. | The initial $1 billion investment into OpenAI by Musk and other enthusiasts was matched by Microsoft in 2019, with the company later unveiling plans for a “multiyear, multibillion-dollar” investment into the tech firm, which has since integrated its AI into the Microsoft-owned Bing search engine. |
Monday’s tweet is not the first sign of rivalry between the two billionaire entrepreneurs, who previously sparred over the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. After Gates said he opted to purchase a Porsche instead of a Tesla that same year, Musk said his conversations with him had been “underwhelming,” and later went on to accuse him of shorting Tesla’s stock. | |
Further underscoring the friction, on Tuesday Musk responded to another Twitter user who noted a comparison between the Tesla founder and Gates, with Musk simply replying “Sick burn lol.” | Further underscoring the friction, on Tuesday Musk responded to another Twitter user who noted a comparison between the Tesla founder and Gates, with Musk simply replying “Sick burn lol.” |