• The AI chatbot Grok, developed by xAI startup, is expected to be trained in May, despite electricity constraints.
  • Tesla CEO Elon Musk emphasized that Chinese carmakers are the most competitive in the world and pose the toughest competitive challenges to Tesla.

OUR TAKE
AGI (artificial general intelligence) could be realised within the next year or two, defining it as being smarter than the smartest human. Artificial intelligence is constrained by a lack of advanced chips to train it, but there will be crucial developments in the next two years. And in contrast to electric cars, Chinese carmakers are the most competitive in the world. Moreover, China will probably destroy global competitors without trade barriers.
–Summer Run, BTW Reporter

Tesla Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk predicted on Monday that artificial intelligence smarter than the smartest humans could be developed by next year or 2026. But a lack of advanced chips and constraints on the availability of electricity could hamper the development of AI.

 The smartest AI

Elon Musk also told Norwegian Wealth Fund CEO Nicolai Tangen in an interview with X-Space that AI is limited by the availability of electricity and that the next version of his xAI chatbot, Grok, is expected to be ready for training by May. Musk believes that artificial general intelligence (AGI) could overtake the smartest humans in the next year or two.

Elon Musk, co-founder of OpenAI, has criticised the company for abandoning its original purpose of developing AI for humanity’s benefit. The company needs 20,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs for the Grok 2 model and 100,000 for the Grok 3 model and beyond. The chip shortage has been a major constraint on AI development, but power supply is expected to be critical in the next year or two.

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A competitor to electric cars

Musk has emphasised that Chinese automakers are the most competitive in the world, and he warns that they could destroy global rivals without trade barriers.

Musk also addressed the Swedish union strike against Tesla, saying, “I think the storm has passed on that front.” Norway’s $1.5 trillion sovereign wealth fund, which is one of Tesla’s largest shareholders, met with the electric car company’s chairman last month for an update, Donegan said.