Elon Musk to Open Source AI Startup's Chatbot Code in Jab at OpenAI

Elon Musk said his startup xAI will open source Grok chatbot code this week, allowing public to analyze and build competing products

Move is latest jab in Musk's battle with OpenAI, which he sued earlier this year for abandoning nonprofit status and not releasing research publicly

Musk was early OpenAI investor but parted ways years ago and has become a vocal critic after rise of ChatGPT

"Open source" is vague; last year Musk claimed to open source X but only shared high-level algorithms

Musk not first to open source a chatbot, but move supports his argument against OpenAI abandoning its commitment to public research