Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI is set to open-source its chatbot Grok, positioning it as a competitor to OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Musk, who co-founded OpenAI, has sued the company, accusing it of abandoning its open-source commitments and becoming a closed-source entity under Microsoft’s influence. Grok, part of xAI’s $16 monthly subscription service, boasts real-time information access and an unfiltered approach to content. The move to open-source Grok aligns with Musk’s longstanding advocacy for open technology, reminiscent of Tesla’s open-sourced patents and Twitter’s open-sourced algorithms. The lawsuit has sparked a wider debate on the role of open-source AI, with industry figures like Vinod Khosla and Marc Andreessen weighing in on its implications for the future of artificial general intelligence (AGI) and technological progress.
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