Musk says Tesla to be among firms to develop AGI, 'probably' first in humanoid form

ISTANBUL

US tech billionaire Elon Musk said on Wednesday that Tesla will become one of the companies to develop artificial general intelligence (AGI), and the electric vehicle maker may be the first to achieve it in humanoid or “atom-shaping” form.

In a post on X, the social media platform he owns, Musk said Tesla would likely be among the firms capable of creating AGI, a form of artificial intelligence that can perform intellectual tasks at or beyond human-level capability.

Musk said the technology could be developed through Tesla’s work on humanoid robotics and advanced manufacturing systems.

Tesla has been developing a humanoid robot known as Optimus as part of its activities in robotics and artificial intelligence.

The company has also been working on autonomous driving technologies and computing infrastructure used for training AI systems.