Twitter owner Elon Musk joined Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) for a lengthy conversation regarding artificial intelligence (AI) on July 12, shortly after announcing his new AI company, xAI.
The discussion, which focused predominantly on AI safety, took place on Twitter spaces.
Prior to the nearly 60-minute discussion kicking off, Mr. Musk unveiled xAI in a brief tweet on the social media platform, explaining that the company is part of the businessman’s mission to “understand reality.”
Few details are known about the new firm as of now. According to its website, xAI is a separate company from Musk’s X Corp but will work closely with X (Twitter), Tesla, and other companies to make progress toward its mission….