Elon Musk has sounded the alarm on Microsoft and its artificial intelligence plans

Elon Musk Claims Microsoft Working on Actual Skynet AI to Govern “Every Aspect” of Human Life

Elon Musk, always being one who wants more liberty and not less, took the chance to call out Microsoft’s purported AGI goals.

Microsoft’s new Maia A.I. chip is set to be the cornerstone of Microsoft’s A.I. infrastructure and aims to bring artificial generalized intelligence to “every facet” of our lives.

Artificial generalized intelligence (AGI) differs from the isolated A.I. applications and language models we have all seen and heard about now in that it represents actual intelligence.

Ahead of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s four days in exile, several staff researchers wrote a letter to the board of directors warning of a powerful artificial intelligence discovery that they said could threaten humanity, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

The previously unreported letter and AI algorithm were key developments before the board's ouster of Altman, the poster child of generative AI, the two sources said. Prior to his triumphant return late Tuesday, more than 700 employees had threatened to quit and join backer Microsoft (MSFT.O) in solidarity with their fired leader.

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