Crypto News: Musk made a mess at Twitter. Will his AI plans be any different?

For all his childish behavior on Twitter, Elon Musk would still like us to believe in his noble ambitions to make the world a better place. His space exploration company will make humans an interplanetary species, electric-car maker Tesla Inc. will move us toward sustainable energy, and his newly acquired Twitter will become a haven of free speech and healthy debate.

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Actually, that last goal isn't going so well. Twitter stands little hope of becoming a financial or cultural success under Musk as he continues to drain the online platform of talent, revenue sources and integrity. His latest antic has been to deflect criticism of Dilbert creator Scott Adams for a bizarre and racially offensive tirade on YouTube and blame "the media" for being racist instead.
Luckily a new mission has come along to draw Musk's attention from the spiraling fortunes of his $44 billion purchase. Musk has been approaching artificial intelligence researchers in recent weeks amid the explosion of attention around ChatGPT to look into forming a new research lab. The goal is to build an alternative to the chatbot launched by San Francisco startup OpenAI, according to the Information.

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