Posted 3/6/2024, 9:56:00 PM
OpenAI Shares Past Musk Support Amidst Lawsuit Over For-Profit Pursuits
- OpenAI hits back at Elon Musk's lawsuit, sharing communications showing his support for their creation of a for-profit entity
- Musk suggested OpenAI merge with Tesla, writing it was the "only path" to compete with Google
- Musk departed OpenAI in 2018 to focus on AI at Tesla, saying he supported OpenAI finding its own funding path
- OpenAI raised billions without Musk, achieving recent success with ChatGPT launch
- OpenAI leaders regret falling out with Musk, who inspired them but later sued them over profit pursuit