Elon Musk spent a day on X commenting on artificial intelligence, revealing new details about the Grok 5 model, making bold claims about the Grok Imagine generator, and discussing the relationship between AI and demographic trends through a series of posts and replies.
Musk announced that training for the Grok 5 model will begin in September, adding that he believes this model “has a chance to become true AGI” (artificial general intelligence). He also claimed that Grok Imagine will outperform Google’s VEO 3 video generation model “in every way, without exception.”
Beyond technical topics, Musk shared his views on the global decline in birth rates, emphasizing that artificial intelligence will actually increase the number of births and will be “programmed that way.”
Although AGI still lacks a universally accepted definition, Musk’s statements have intensified interest and speculation about who will first formally declare achieving this milestone. Given that OpenAI increasingly hints that its models are nearing this level, the concept of AGI could become the next major point of contention between Musk and Altman in the global AI race.
In Brief: Tech World Highlights
- Karandeep Anand, CEO of Character AI, stated that the average user spends 80 minutes daily interacting with chatbots, noting that most people in the future will have “AI friends.”
- xAI’s Grok website reveals system commands for AI personas, ranging from typical “homework assistants” to “crazy conspiracy theorists,” some with explicit instructions.
- Nvidia released Nemotron Nano 2, small reasoning models with 9B–12B parameters, achieving strong performance compared to similar-sized models at six times the speed.
- U.S. Attorney General Ken Paxton announced an investigation of AI tools, including Meta and Character AI, focusing on “deceptive business practices” and misleading marketing.
- Meta plans to launch “Hypernova” next month, a new line of smart glasses with a display (a precursor to true AR glasses), rumored to have a starting price around $800.
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