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Elon Musk recently called for a 'pause' to AI development while society considered the ramifications. But Insider reports that Twitter, owned by Musk, is spending millions to get in on the generative AI boom.

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  • Elon Musk-owned Twitter purchased 10,000 GPUs, apparently to get into the generative AI boom.
  • This move goes against Musk's open-letter plea for companies to slow down AI development.
  • It also backs up Reid Hoffman's claim that some like Musk wanted the pause so they could catch up.

It looks like LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman was right: some execs want to pause AI development out of their own self-interest. 

Take Elon Musk as "Exhibit A." 

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