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I think it's to slow down a competitor and catch up with his thing, but I don't really know ... to the degree anybody does,
Altman added, in response to another reporter's questions on the sidelines of the AI Action Summit in Paris
There's been like versions of Elon trying to, you know, somehow take control of OpenAI for a long time, so, it's like, okay, here's this week's episode,
Altman told Axios
Safety is integral to what we do.... We've got to make these systems really safe for people, or people just won't use them. It's the same thing and we'll work super hard on that."
Questioned by Sky's science and technology editor Tom Clarke on Monday morning, Mr Altman said
That's not actually the main thing that we've been hearing about - the main concern has been 'can we make this cheaper. can you have more of it, can we get it better and more advanced'."
Acknowledging that safety is not high on the summit's agenda, he addedYes, we can also do that
But asked if OpenAI can look at all of those elements as well as safety, he addedOur structure ensures that no individual can take control of OpenAI. These are tactics to weaken us because we’re making great progress,
Internally, Altman reassured OpenAI employees, stating ... according to a Slack message
If Sam Altman and the current board want OpenAI to become a fully for-profit company, it’s important that the charity is fairly compensated for losing control of such groundbreaking technology,
Toberoff asserted
Musk’s bid for OpenAI’s non-profit arm is a bold and disruptive power play that challenges the very foundation of its governance structure. While unlikely to succeed, it forces OpenAI to reassess the valuation of its non-profit entity, which holds controlling power over the for-profit arm."
AI expert and Co-founder and CEO of AI&Beyond, Jaspreet Bindra, told ABP LiveMusk’s offer values the non-profit as equivalent to a 51 per cent stake, effectively raising the stakes and threatening to dilute key investors like Microsoft — just as OpenAI is reportedly raising fresh capital at a $300 billion valuation,
Bindra addedWe knew that there were going to be, at some point, we would get more serious competitors and models that were very capable, but you don’t know when you wake up any given morning that that’s going to be the morning,
he said
As both your offices must ensure any such transactional process relating to OpenAI’s charitable assets provides at least fair market value to protect the public’s beneficial interest, we assume you will provide a process for competitive bidding to actually determine that fair market value,
Toberoff wrote, asking for more information on the terms and timing of that bidding process
It is plausible that what Mr. Musk is saying is true. We’ll find out. He’ll sit on the stand,
she saidWe created a bespoke structure: a for-profit, controlled by the non-profit, with a capped profit share for investors and employees,
OpenAI said in a December blog post that outlined a plan to become a Delaware Public Benefit Corporation
Musk's offer to buy OpenAI’s nonprofit should significantly complicate OpenAI’s current fundraising and the process of converting into a for-profit corporation,
said Gil Luria, analyst at D.A. Davidson
This (bid) is definitely throwing a wrench in things,
said Jonathan Macey, a Yale Law School professor specializing in corporate governanceThis bid sets a marker for the valuation of the nonprofit's economic interests,
she saidThey don’t actually have the money,
Musk wrote on X, the social media platform he owns
At x.AI, we live by the values I was promised OpenAI would follow. We’ve made Grok open source, and we respect the rights of content creators,
Musk said in a statement
I really wish the two of you would knock off this tech bro pissing contest. You two have the most unique positions in the WORLD to make a change for the BETTER. Do THAT. Please."
In response to both, Joe Adams, who identifies as a "cybersecurity enthusiast" and "tech blogger" said
In early February 2018, Elon forwarded us an email suggesting that OpenAI should 'attach to Tesla as its cash cow,' commenting that it was 'exactly right... Tesla is the only path that could even hope to hold a candle to Google. Even then, the probability of being a counterweight to Google is small. It just isn't zero,
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