Elon Musk announces new artificial intelligence company 'xAI'

Elon Musk has officially joined the AI race with the launch of a new company named xAI - after years of claiming the tech will be the demise of humanity. The Twitter boss has not shared many details but revealed xAI was designed'to understand the true nature of the universe.' The xAI team includes members who previously worked at DeepMind, OpenAI, Google Research, Microsoft Research and Tesla. The company's sparse website notes include that more information will be shared in a live Twitter Space on Friday. Elon Musk announced Wednesday a new AI company he calls xAI.