In a familiar critique of corporate structures, Musk also weighed in on the ideal environment for fostering such long-term, existentially focused AI. He declared, “For long-term optimization, it is better to be a private than a public company, as the latter is punished for long-term optimization beyond the reward cycle of stock portfolio managers.”

Elon Musk is integrating AI across his companies and blurring the lines between them.

One of the new “companions,” or AI characters for users to interact with, is a sexualized blonde anime bot called “Ani."