evidence: Elon Musk on Wednesday announced the formation of a new company focused on artificial intelligence, after months of teasing plans to build a rival to ChatGPT. [...] In an interview with then-Fox News host Tucker Carlson in April, Musk said teased plans for his new AI venture. "We’re going to start something which I call TruthGPT," he said, describing it as a "maximum truth-seeking AI" that "cares about understanding the universe." Musk’s announcement of the new company comes months after he warned in an interview that he thinks AI could cause "civilization destruction" and joined other tech leaders in calling for a pause in an "out of control" AI race.