Strong name of Musk's artificial intelligence has already been arrested for domestic violence, says website

Igor Babuschkin, research engineer chosen by Elon Musk for his new artificial intelligence company was recently arrested for domestic violence in Palo Alto, California. The arrest, which took place last month, could complicate Babuschkin's efforts to recruit talent for the new company.

The information was released on the website The Information , who consulted with Northern California police. Other details of the possible crime were not disclosed, but according to another specialized website that investigated the case, the Insider, the engineer was released after paying bail of 10 thousand dollars. 

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Local police described the episode as “a domestic violence incident” involving “a minor injury.” The prosecutor responsible for the case decided not to pursue action against the researcher. In this way, he was free. The possible victim has not been identified.

Igor Babuschkin did not respond to the email from Newsverse. To contact Musk, we tried emailing Twitter's press office, who responded with an automated message of a “💩” emoji.

Engineer was hired by Musk to head rival AI ChatGPT

Before joining Musk, Babuschkin worked at OpenAI and Alphabet's DeepMind unit. Babuschkin was hired to create the AI ​​that will rival the ChatGPT.

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Strong name for artificial intelligence Musk has already been arrested for domestic violence, says website (Reproduction Twitter/ AFP)

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