Elon Musk said 'shudders' when watching OpenAI's GPT-4o

Billionaire Elon Musk criticized OpenAI's newly launched GPT-4o even though this AI model is considered very similar to humans.


"Demo made me cringe", Musk wrote on social network X on May 14, after OpenAI had a spring update for GPT-4 called GPT-4o. The post attracted 1.8 million views after a few hours of posting.

The new AI model is equipped with a series of impressive features such as being able to infer images, sounds and text in real time. Experts say GPT-4o is "surprisingly human-like". OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wrote on his personal page the message "her", implying that the era of AI communicating with humans like in the movie Her may be approaching.

Responding to OpenAI's father's comments, Musk used the word "cringe" to comment on what GPT-4o represents. "Cringe" is a slang word, meaning "cringe in fear". This term is especially popular on Reddit, then spread throughout social networking sites. There's even a grimace emoji - a grinning image with an annoyed expression to describe it.

According to Business Insider, Elon Musk seems to want to convey the message that OpenAI's new product is not very impressive. The billionaire also left a number of comments in other posts to mock GPT-4o. He said that OpenAI has turned ChatGPT into an "AI girlfriend".

This is not the first time Musk has publicly criticized OpenAI's new products. He is one of the company's founders and helped Sam Altman in the early days. Then for various reasons, Musk left.

After founding xAI to confront OpenAI, CEO Tesla filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, CEO Sam Altman and Microsoft for abandoning the company's founding mission of serving humanity instead of seeking profit. OpenAI did not officially issue a response. In an internal memo obtained by Bloomberg on March 2, Jason Kwon, OpenAI's Chief Strategy Officer, said he "completely disagrees" with the lawsuit that Musk is conducting. He said that the billionaire sued OpenAI because he "felt regretful that he was no longer involved in the company."

Meanwhile, OpenAI continues to cooperate with Microsoft, launch new products, and seek revenue from paid users. In the newly launched version, the company announced that GPT-4o will be free on ChatGPT in the coming weeks. If you want a smoother AI experience with "5 times more power", users can choose the paid version.

In its launch demonstration, GPT-4o showed that this AI not only converses but also interprets charts, emotions, helps with encoding, analyzes images through the camera, while "maintaining a fun tone". draw". Before the user issues a command, GPT-4o can also interact.

However, the chatbot seems to have some problems. In some cases, the AI ​​misinterpreted visual prompts or began responding incorrectly before the question was complete. However, analysts say such moments make chatbots seem more human.