Elon Musk regrets leaving OpenAI and his ChatGPT project: “I was a gigantic idiot”

Given the great success of ChatGPT and the models of artificial intelligence that OpenAI has been developing hand in hand with Microsoft, billionaire Elon Musk has been one of the critics of the path that this technology has been taking. However, the also owner of Twitter, in an interview for CNBC, has acknowledged that leaving said AI project has been one of his biggest mistakes.

“I am the reason that it exists Open AI”, expressed the creator of Tesla, who was one of the large investors in the aforementioned company when it was created. On more than one occasion, he has pointed out that he invested some $50 million of his fortune for the company to start operations in 2015.

According to the words of Muskthe idea of ​​using the name OpenAI was his for Open Source, since the objective of this new company at that time was to do things differently from the way he was doing them Google. However, then the big G bought DeepMind and became one of the main references in this field.

Although Elon Musk invested a large amount of money in OpenAI, he did not believe that it could stand up to Google. For this reason, after failing to gain control of the company and disagreements with those responsible, he ended up leaving the project in 2019.

Currently Open AI has managed to thrive and become the most important driver of artificial intelligence, so it was a great missed opportunity for Elon Muskwho has admitted to “feeling like a gigantic idiot” for abandoning said project.

Elon Musk concerned about Microsoft’s power in OpenAI

The billionaire tech entrepreneur has expressed concern about Microsoft’s power and control over Open AIsince it considers that there is a profit motive of the companies associated with the creator of ChatGPT.

Source-larepublica.pe