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Elon Musk's artificial intelligence project, xAI, is launching its first product on Saturday.
Musk shared the news on X/Twitter on Friday, saying that xAI will release its "first AI" to a select group of users.
"In some important respects, it is the best that currently exists," he tweeted.
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Led by Musk, xAI is an artificial intelligence company consisting of AI experts that have previously worked at companies such as DeepMind, OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and Tesla, as well as the University of Toronto. The company was launched in July 2023, with the self-proclaimed goal to "understand the true nature of the universe."
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Now, it appears that xAI will launch a product to some beta testers, though it's unclear who is getting access.
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On its website, xAI says it's a "separate company from X Corp, but will work closely with X (Twitter), Tesla, and other companies to make progress towards our mission."
While it's unclear what type of AI will xAI launch tomorrow, it will be joining a growing number of AI-related products that launched in the past year or so, including OpenAI's ChatGPT, as well as Google's Bard chatbot.
Stan is a Senior Editor at Mashable, where he has worked since 2007. He's got more battery-powered gadgets and band t-shirts than you. He writes about the next groundbreaking thing. Typically, this is a phone, a coin, or a car. His ultimate goal is to know something about everything.
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