May generative AI be coming to Twitter as properly?
Whereas repeatedly warning folks about the dangers of AI development, Twitter chief Elon Musk is outwardly exploring AI options for his new company, with the billionaire shopping for up hundreds of GPUs as half of a bigger initiative designed to develop his personal AI instruments to compete with OpenAI.
As reported by Insider:
“Musk’s AI undertaking at Twitter includes a big language mannequin, based on one of many folks acquainted. An LLM is basically AI that’s skilled on massive units of information so it could actually ultimately create new, seemingly refined content material and textual content by itself. Twitter has huge quantities of information that might practice an LLM.”
Certainly, OpenAI initially used Twitter knowledge to coach its GPT fashions, earlier than Twitter cut off its access late last year. And now, Musk and Co. are exploring their very own, competing undertaking, which might use Twitter’s huge troves of information to gas its personal AI fashions, with the intention of staying on top of things on the newest trending tech growth.
Which isn’t an enormous shock. Final month, experiences emerged that Musk was looking to recruit AI developers to construct his personal, ‘anti-woke’ AI mannequin, amid rising considerations about speech and topical restrictions in ChatGPT and different instruments.
This is only one instance of how Musk sees AI instruments as potential agenda-shifting fashions, which is a key motive why he’s now trying to construct his personal AI instruments to compete.
That ties again to his broader push on free speech, and offering a platform for all viewpoints, no matter your private inclination in the direction of one facet of politics or one other. Musk has repeatedly claimed that that is his key motivator for getting Twitter, in an effort to supply a extra open platform for all, and alongside this line, his growth of a brand new, separate AI mannequin is smart.
Musk additionally has beef with OpenAI, an organization that he was an early investor in, earlier than it launched its client instruments. Musk donated $100 million to OpenAI in its early stages, as a non-profit, and he’s repeatedly vented his frustrations in regards to the firm turning into a for-profit enterprise ever since.
OpenAI was created as an open supply (which is why I named it “Open” AI), non-profit firm to function a counterweight to Google, however now it has develop into a closed supply, maximum-profit firm successfully managed by Microsoft.
Not what I meant in any respect.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 17, 2023
That’s doubtless one other motivator in Musk’s AI push – although how precisely AI would possibly match into Twitter stays to be seen.
May you think about an AI mannequin constructed solely on tweets? The angst and toxicity alone could be a sight to behold.
As famous, Musk has additionally warned of the dangers of AI growth, just lately signing an open letter calling for a 6-month pause on AI advancement. Although I’d hazard a guess that Musk’s ‘concern’ was extra pushed by spite, and making an attempt to cease OpenAI from creating wealth primarily based on his preliminary funding (from which he gained’t see a dime).
Both approach, we might discover out quickly – Musk has reportedly employed two former DeepMind engineers for the undertaking, whereas additionally spending tens of thousands and thousands on the brand new GPUs required to construct the system.
Will that result in extra generative AI tweets? Extra customer support instruments in Twitter DMs? Visible prompts that reply to tweet prompts?
There’s a spread of potential choices, and given the scope of funding, it could possibly be on the best way within the very close to future.
