Elon Musk has confirmed that he wants to launch a third AI powerhouse to rival and, in his view, counterbalance Google and the OpenAI/Microsoft partnership. Truth GPT will be “a maximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe.”
More precisely, Musk wants to challenge the strategies and even philosophies of the two established players which, for him, raise the threat of “civilisational destruction” – a fear that, as leading technology commentator Kara Swisher (inevitably Kara Swisher) has pointed out, he has voiced repeatedly before.
But in an interview with host Tucker Carlson, being broadcast over two nights on the Fox News network, Musk called for strong government regulation – even stronger, he suggested, than he faces in his automotive and space businesses – and went further in specifically criticising other players while presenting a framework for his proposed rival.
He accused Google founder Larry Page, described by...