(Telecompaper) Elon Musk and Peter Thiel have launched OpenAI, a non-profit company that will research new artificial intelligence systems and share its findings, Bloomberg reported, adding that at least USD 1 billion has been invested in the organisation, according to Musk, the CEO of Tesla Motors and Space Exploration. He will be OpenAI's co-chairman, along with Sam Altman, president of the Y Combinator.