Elon's Big Bet

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We got open source on our minds and a big move from our favorite Founder in the space.

OPEN SOURCE
Elon standing to his Word

Taking a swipe at OpenAi, Elon is putting (again) his money where his mouth is by aiming to make its chatbot Grok from xAi open-sourced.

Last week, we covered the debacle between Elon Musk and OpenAi in not 1 but 2 newsletters you can find here and here (respectfully).

If you’re new to the newsletter or might have missed those 2 newsletters, in short, when Elon started OpenAi with Sam Altman, the plan was for the company to be a nonprofit open source so other people could use the technology being developed.

As time has passed, with the encouragement from their major donor, Microsoft, they have slowly moved it to a closed-source model under a for-profit arm of the non-profit.

IMPLICATIONS
What does this mean for Grok?

We’re not 100% sure if that means they will release the entire model as open source, but we do know there will be a version of Grok that is now open source for developers outside of X to work on the platform and maintain the software for future users and creators.

Here’s a great tweet showing some of the big names that are open source (1) versus the big 3 that are not open source.

The start of honesty and fairness within the community will (I believe) continue to show why X will lead the way.

COMPETITION
Why this story is important

This story is important for 2 reasons.

1) It reduces costs and can jumpstart developers' learning curve, allowing them to learn more about AI than they already have. 

Zander, Hugging Face, and other open-source resources are already available for developers and creators to explore. Sure, absolutely. But when a name as big as Elon Musk, who is one of, if not the best, founders of all time, makes the tool he’s worked on open-sourced for the world to see underneath the hood, a massive wave of eyes goes to Grok.

The keyboard warriors come out full force: some to bash, some to argue, and some to admire. Nonetheless, people will be coming out of the woodwork to look at the code and development of the platform.

This would be similar to Chick-fil-A making its fast food recipes available to the public and telling anyone in the industry, “We’ll give you the recipe; try and make it better than us.”

But Elon’s competitors aren’t Hardees or Popeyes; they’re Google, Apple, and Microsoft—arguably three of the biggest companies ever created.

I don’t think I could explain or do justice to how big of a move this is, not only for AI development but for the software community as a whole. 

2) Invest your personal growth in X.

Are you looking to get started in the content creation space, or do you need a brand but don’t know where to start? The only platform I would tell you to get started on is X.

Elon’s goal with X is to create the Everything platform. And while this isn’t necessarily about AI, you can learn so much about AI (if you’re not already on x) by following me and a few others I follow in the space.

Elon has increased the amount of users on X since purchasing while increasing revenue for the platform. Take a look at the article above to encourage you to get started. Analytics is the key here.

If you’re looking for a place to start, X is it.

PAUSE
What could go wrong?

There are many bad actors in this world, especially in tech. (I’m not going to name any names.) Why? Because there’s a lot of money and control available when you build something that works in software. Multiply that by 1,000 when you’re talking about AI.

Last week, when OpenAi came back against Elon with email receipts and comments of frustration, one thing to note was that they made a good point. If someone has the hardware at their disposal, either in financial or physical resources, they could take the software development that Grok has already made and use that for their benefit.

By not having guardrails around who could have access, you allow essentially anyone who would like to access the code that ability.

My only charge to X and any of the others trying to make their software open source, which I think they should, would be to figure out a way to place guardrails around the tech they’re building to ensure that it doesn’t fall into the wrong hands.

As I mentioned, we’re not building a new calendar or SAAS platform. We’re on the brink of AGI and creating a new species that would be 10,000 (literally that number) times smarter than we are.

This is not just a big deal. It’s the biggest deal we’ve seen in our lifetimes.

CONCLUSION
Wrap it Up

I think this will be great for the economy and people around the world. I wish there were a way to restrict who has access to the code, almost like a background check for code. We’ll let you know if any of the other platforms respond back to this.

If you liked today’s email, let us know below. If not, let us know how we can improve or what else you would like us to cover. Thanks in advance!

See you tomorrow!

Zander

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