Elon Musk challenges tech giants' AI secrecy, calling for more openness amid transparency concerns
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Elon Musk released the code for his AI company xAI's new language model, Grok, as a challenge to OpenAI's secrecy around its leading AI models like GPT-4.
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OpenAI argues secrecy is needed to fund expensive AI development and mitigate existential risks, but faces criticism for lacking transparency as its influence grows.
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Major tech companies like Meta, Google, Microsoft are releasing some AI code to encourage public testing/collaboration, but still keep key aspects proprietary.
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"Open source" AI releases allow public scrutiny but don't provide full training data or resources needed to recreate models, limiting competition.
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Startups need secrecy to maintain competitive advantage, but trillion-dollar tech giants can afford openness knowing their other products and integration capabilities drive profits.