# Musk Says AI Will Soon Outstrip Humans by More Than the Human-Chimpanzee Gap

The remark comes amid intense scrutiny of the rhetoric labs use to raise capital and shape rules, with markets increasingly separating verifiable capability from framing.

- Published: 2026-07-25T05:43:03.754Z
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Elon Musk has said that AI will soon be so far ahead of humans that the intelligence gap will exceed the gap between humans and chimpanzees, adding that even a stop button probably should not be pressed, according to an AI-media summary of…

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