Musk claimed OpenAI and Altman elected to use the company’s technology “to maximize profits” for Microsoft rather than for the benefit of humanity, adding that its entire line of development “is now veiled in secrecy.”
Elon Musk took aim at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman again Friday over the company’s decision to abandon its original nonprofit model and make money, stoking a longstanding feud with his fellow OpenAI founder as the firm unveiled a powerful new text-to-video AI tool, Sora.
The AI company has raised billions of dollars from companies including Microsoft.
The battle over the past week at OpenAI – the creator of industry-changing ChatGPT and DALL-E AI products has been described as many things.
A provisional new board will include Bret Taylor, Larry Summers and Adam D’Angelo.
Sam Altman is reportedly in talks with OpenAI’s board on a possible reunion, as OpenAI staff threaten to leave unless he returns.
In a surprise decision Sunday night, OpenAI’s board of directors picked former Twitch boss Emmett Shear as the company’s interim CEO following the dramatic firing of Sam Altman on Friday.
Startups built on OpenAI’s technology are looking for new options after the boardroom coup that ousted CEO Sam Altman.
Microsoft is actually in an even “stronger position from an AI perspective” with Altman as the chief of the company’s newly formed advanced AI unit, according to Wedbush analyst Dan Ives.
Former Twitch CEO Emmett Shear has been tapped by the board instead, ending a weekend-long saga in which loyalists to Altman had pushed for a shock return.