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OpenAI’s Altman Says Musk ‘Probably Just Trying to Slow Us Down’
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6:03Now PlayingOpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman rebuffed Elon Musk’s $97.4 billion offer to take control of the artificial-intelligence startup for the second time in less than a day, accusing the world’s richest man of making the bid just to gain a competitive advantage.
“I think he is probably just trying to slow us down. He obviously is a competitor,” Altman said in an interview with Bloomberg Television Tuesday on the sidelines of the Paris AI summit. “I wish he would just compete by building a better product, but I think there’s been a lot of tactics, many, many lawsuits, all sorts of other crazy stuff, now this.”
Musk and Altman were both co-founders of OpenAI, but Musk ultimately parted ways after disagreements over the direction of the company. He is now suing the startup behind ChatGPT, claiming it has strayed from its founding mission and prioritized profit over the betterment of humanity. Musk has also established his own AI firm, xAI, that competes directly with OpenAI in developing models.
In the interview on Tuesday, Altman chided Musk, saying: “Probably his whole life is from a position of insecurity — I feel for the guy.” Altman added that he doesn’t think Musk is “a happy person.”
While Altman is publicly rebuffing Musk’s takeover attempt, OpenAI’s board will have some say in how seriously to take the bid. On Tuesday, OpenAI board director Larry Summers told Bloomberg News he has not received “any formal communication” from Musk on the bid.
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