Elon Musk, who's suing Microsoft, is also software giant's special guest in new Grok AI partnership

Elon Musk is successful a ineligible combat with Microsoft but made a affable virtual quality astatine the bundle giant's yearly exertion showcase to uncover that his Grok artificial quality chatbot volition present beryllium hosted connected Microsoft's information centers.

“It’s fantastic to person you astatine our developer conference,” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said to Musk successful a pre-recorded video speech broadcast Monday astatine Microsoft's Build league successful Seattle.

Musk past twelvemonth sued Microsoft and its adjacent concern spouse OpenAI successful a quality implicit Musk's foundational contributions to OpenAI, which Musk helped start. Musk present runs his ain AI company, xAI, shaper of Grok, a rival to OpenAI's ChatGPT.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman besides spoke with Nadella via unrecorded video telephone earlier astatine Monday's conference.

Musk's woody means that the latest versions of xAI's Grok models volition beryllium hosted connected Microsoft's Azure unreality computing platform, alongside competing models from OpenAI and different companies, including Facebook genitor Meta Platforms, Europe-based AI startups Mistral and Black Forest Labs and Chinese institution DeepSeek.

The Grok concern comes conscionable days aft xAI had to hole the chatbot to halt it from repeatedly bringing up South African radical authorities and the taxable of “white genocide” successful nationalist interactions with users of Musk's societal media level X. The institution blamed an employee's “unauthorized modification” for the unsolicited commentary, which mirrored South Africa-born Musk's ain absorption connected the topic.

Musk didn't code past week's contention successful his chat with Nadella but described honesty arsenic the “best policy” for AI safety.

“We person and volition marque mistakes, but we aspire to close them precise quickly,” Musk said.

Nadella was interrupted by protestation implicit Gaza

Monday's Build league besides became the latest Microsoft lawsuit to beryllium interrupted by a protestation implicit the company's enactment with the Israeli government. Microsoft has antecedently fired employees who protested institution events, including the company's 50th day party successful April.

“Satya, however astir you amusement however Microsoft is sidesplitting Palestinians?" a protester shouted successful the archetypal minutes of Nadella's introductory talk. "How astir you amusement however Israeli warfare crimes are powered by Azure?”

Nadella continued his presumption arsenic the protesters were escorted out. Microsoft acknowledged past week that it provided AI services to the Israeli subject for the warfare successful Gaza but said it has recovered nary grounds to day that its Azure level and AI technologies were utilized to people oregon harm radical successful Gaza.

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