Amid concerns about the neutrality of OpenAI's text-based artificial intelligence (AI) platform ChatGPT, Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk seems to be busy working on creating an alternative to the high-profile chatbot as he has reportedly approached AI researchers in recent weeks. Indeed, Musk has allegedly been recruiting Igor Babuschkin, a researcher who has recently left Alphabet's (NASDAQ: GOOGL) DeepMind AI unit and specialized in the machine-learning models used by the likes of ChatGPT, according to a report by The Information published on February 27. Specifically, the report referred to the media outlet's communication with two unnamed people that are said to have direct knowledge of the team-assembling efforts, as well as a third person who was briefed on the conversations between Elon and Babuschkin. As the report recalls, Musk has been critical of OpenAI, which he co-founded in 2015 but has since cut ties with, for installing safeguards that prevent ChatGPT from producing text that might offend specific groups of users, suggesting in 2022 that the technology was an example of "training AI to be woke." More recently, he joked that "what we need is TruthGPT," which led to the appearance of an eponymous project that stated it was already developing such a bot using the technology underlying the cryptocurrency industry and asking for Musk's assistance. Despite criticism, crypto trading platform Binance has praised ChatGPT over its potential to be used in crypto adoption, expansion, and education as it is able to explain complicated concepts, such as proof-of-work (PoW), Bitcoin mining, and others, in a conversational and often fun way, like through a rap song or imitating a 1920s mobster.

China's tech giants are looking to rival the West's artificial intelligence projects, including the booming ChatGPT, a report has claimed. According to a report by the Financial Times, Chinese tech companies like Baidu, Alibaba and NetEase are announcing investment plans to develop technology rivaling OpenAI's chatbot. Baidu is reportedly planning to launch a chatbot named Ernie into its search engine, similar to Microsoft and OpenAI's Bing Chat, in the following months. The bot has been in development since 2019, according to the news outlet. "Baidu has focused talent and money on this, so they are the most likely to build one of China's leading GPT platforms," Boris Van, an analyst tracking China's AI efforts, told the outlet.