Posted 4/4/2024, 12:17:00 AM
Musk's New AI Startup Raises Conflict Concerns at Tesla
- Elon Musk launched an AI startup called xAI while still CEO of Tesla, an "AI company", creating a conflict of interest
- Musk previously left OpenAI over a "conflict of interest with Tesla", but his new startup poses similar issues
- Musk asked for 25% voting control over Tesla due to fears someone could take over Tesla's AI projects, threatening to instead focus AI efforts on xAI
- xAI has poached 4 engineers from Tesla's AI and self-driving teams
- Tesla's board has not commented on Musk's conflict of interest with xAI or his demand for 25% voting control