Elon Musk announces xAI
Musk launched an AI company with the stated goal of understanding the true nature of the universe; its Grok chatbot followed that November.
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On July 12, 2023, Elon Musk announced xAI and introduced its founding team, which included researchers with backgrounds at companies such as DeepMind and OpenAI.
The company said its goal was to "understand the true nature of the universe." Musk, who co-founded OpenAI and later left it, had been vocal about AI safety.
In November 2023, xAI revealed Grok, a chatbot that was integrated with X and designed to have a more irreverent personality than other assistants.