Elon Musk
Elon Musk announced his newest company, xAI, in July.
  • All the while Elon Musk was calling for an AI development pause, he was building his own AI venture, The New Yorker reported Monday.
  • Musk signed an open letter in March calling for a 6-month pause on training AI.
  • Four months later, he announced his newest company: xAI.

While Elon Musk was publicly calling to "pause giant AI experiments" earlier this year, he was quietly building his own, according to a new report.