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Elon Musk: Let's say you fund a non-profit to preserve the Amazon rainforest, but instead they chop down trees to sell the wood. That's OpenAI. “I came up with the name OpenAI as an open source and as a nonprofit and I funded OpenAI for the first roughly $50 million. And it was intended to be a nonprofit open-source company. And now, they're trying to change that for their own financial benefit into a for-profit company that is closed source. So this would be like, let's say you funded a non-profit to help preserve the Amazon rainforest, but instead of doing that, they became a lumber company, chopped down the forest and sold the wood. You'd be like, wait a second, that's not what I funded. That's OpenAI.” Interview at the Qatar Economic Forum, May 20, 2025
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Elon Musk: Let's say you fund a non-profit to preserve the Amazon rainforest, but instead they chop down trees to sell the wood. That's OpenAI. “I came up with the name OpenAI as an open source and as a nonprofit and I funded OpenAI for the first roughly $50 million. And it was intended to be a nonprofit open-source company. And now, they're trying to change that for their own financial benefit into a for-profit company that is closed source. So this would be like, let's say you funded a non-profit to help preserve the Amazon rainforest, but instead of doing that, they became a lumber company, chopped down the forest and sold the wood. You'd be like, wait a second, that's not what I funded. That's OpenAI.” Interview at the Qatar Economic Forum, May 20, 2025

ELON CLIPS

22,370 views • 10 months ago

“I am the reason OpenAI exists.” — Elon Musk “It seems weird that something can be nonprofit open source and transform itself into for-profit closed source.” “That’s like funding an org to save the Amazon rainforest and instead they became a lumber company and chop down the forest for money.” “That doesn’t seem legal.” “Fate loves irony—next level.” “I fully admit to being a huge idiot here.” Via CNBC David Faber
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“I am the reason OpenAI exists.” — Elon Musk “It seems weird that something can be nonprofit open source and transform itself into for-profit closed source.” “That’s like funding an org to save the Amazon rainforest and instead they became a lumber company and chop down the forest for money.” “That doesn’t seem legal.” “Fate loves irony—next level.” “I fully admit to being a huge idiot here.” Via CNBC David Faber

Jawwwn

65,918 views • 3 months ago

Elon Musk provided all the funding in OpenAI in the beginning. He even named the company. It was supposed to be a non profit. Sam Altman inverted the mission of OpenAI from a non-profit, open source AI company to a closed source, maximum-profit AI company. He cannot be trusted.
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Elon Musk provided all the funding in OpenAI in the beginning. He even named the company. It was supposed to be a non profit. Sam Altman inverted the mission of OpenAI from a non-profit, open source AI company to a closed source, maximum-profit AI company. He cannot be trusted.

DogeDesigner

197,209 views • 1 year ago

ELON: OPENAI WAS MEANT TO BE NONPROFIT AND OPEN SOURCE He’s explaining the original intent and where it went off course. “I came up with the name OpenAI as an open source and nonprofit organization. I funded OpenAI for the first roughly fifty million dollars. It was intended to be a nonprofit, open source company. Now they’re trying to change that for their own financial benefit into a for profit company that is closed source.” Source: Astro Greek
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ELON: OPENAI WAS MEANT TO BE NONPROFIT AND OPEN SOURCE He’s explaining the original intent and where it went off course. “I came up with the name OpenAI as an open source and nonprofit organization. I funded OpenAI for the first roughly fifty million dollars. It was intended to be a nonprofit, open source company. Now they’re trying to change that for their own financial benefit into a for profit company that is closed source.” Source: Astro Greek

Mario Nawfal

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Elon Musk: I provided almost all the initial money for OpenAI. Now, they're for-profit and follow a diametrically opposed purpose. “OpenAI is now really trying to maximize profit. How is it possible that an organization is founded with the goal of being open source, nonprofit – and I provided almost all the money in the beginning, almost $50 million to get it going, and no stock, I have no stock or control or anything – how is it possible to go from there to a company that's now largely worth over $100 billion and seems to be maximizing profit and is not open source? Let's say you fund a nonprofit to preserve some part of the Amazon rainforest, but instead that nonprofit becomes a lumber company, and chops down the forest and sells it. I'm considering a legal challenge, perhaps to have the court explain to me how an organization that I funded for one purpose does the diametrically opposed purpose, and becomes a for-profit. Show me the trail of breadcrumbs.” Interview with Jordan Peterson, July 22, 2024
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Elon Musk: I provided almost all the initial money for OpenAI. Now, they're for-profit and follow a diametrically opposed purpose. “OpenAI is now really trying to maximize profit. How is it possible that an organization is founded with the goal of being open source, nonprofit – and I provided almost all the money in the beginning, almost $50 million to get it going, and no stock, I have no stock or control or anything – how is it possible to go from there to a company that's now largely worth over $100 billion and seems to be maximizing profit and is not open source? Let's say you fund a nonprofit to preserve some part of the Amazon rainforest, but instead that nonprofit becomes a lumber company, and chops down the forest and sells it. I'm considering a legal challenge, perhaps to have the court explain to me how an organization that I funded for one purpose does the diametrically opposed purpose, and becomes a for-profit. Show me the trail of breadcrumbs.” Interview with Jordan Peterson, July 22, 2024

ELON CLIPS

46,346 views • 1 year ago

“If you fund a nonprofit to preserve the Amazon rainforest, but instead they turn it into a lumber company, and chop down the trees and sell them for wood, you’d be like wait a second, that’s the exact opposite of what I donated the money for. OpenAI is meant to be open source, nonprofit, and now it is closed. They changed the name to closed for maximum profit AI.”
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“If you fund a nonprofit to preserve the Amazon rainforest, but instead they turn it into a lumber company, and chop down the trees and sell them for wood, you’d be like wait a second, that’s the exact opposite of what I donated the money for. OpenAI is meant to be open source, nonprofit, and now it is closed. They changed the name to closed for maximum profit AI.”

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869,923 views • 1 year ago

Planet Of Memes X Freeze Elon Musk and Sam Altman have been at war for 8 years OpenAI was started as a non-profit open source and transformed into a for profit closed source It’s like starting a company to save the Amazon rainforest and turned into a lumber company SCAM ALTMAN
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Planet Of Memes X Freeze Elon Musk and Sam Altman have been at war for 8 years OpenAI was started as a non-profit open source and transformed into a for profit closed source It’s like starting a company to save the Amazon rainforest and turned into a lumber company SCAM ALTMAN

🌋🌋 Deep₿lueCrypto 🌋🌋

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Elon Musk Elon Musk, who co-founded and invested in an open source, non-profit OpenAI ~$50 million: I AM THE REASON OpenAI EXISTS “I am the reason OpenAI exists... I used to be a close friend with Larry Page, and I was staying at his house, and we'd have these conversations long into the evening about AI, and I would be constantly urging him to be careful about the danger of AI. And he was really not concerned about the danger of AI and was quite cavalier about it. And at the time, Google, especially after the acquisition of DeepMind, had three-quarters of the world's AI talent; they had a lot of computers, a lot of money, so it was a unipolar world for AI. And we got a unipolar world, but the person who controls that does not, or at least did not seem to be concerned about AI safety. That sounded like a real problem. The final straw was Larry calling me a speciest for being a pro-human consciousness instead of machine consciousness, and I like, 'Well, yes, I guess I am a speciest.' I came up with the name [OpenAI], which refers to open source. The intent was to what is the opposite of Google, would be an open source non-profit, because Google is closed source profit, and that profit motivation could be dangerous... It does seem weird that something can be a nonprofit, open source, and somehow transform itself into a for-profit, closed source. I mean, this would be like, let's say you founded the organization to save the Amazon rainforest, but instead, they became a lumber company and chopped down the forest and sold it for money. And you'd be, therefore, like, 'Wait a second, that's the exact opposite of what I gave the money for. Is that legal?' That doesn't seem legal. And if, in general, it is legal to start a company as a non-profit and then take the IP and transfer it to a for-profit that then makes tons of money, shouldn't everyone start? Shouldn't that be the default? And I also think it is important to understand, like when push comes to shove, let's say they do create some digital super intelligence, almost Godlike intelligence, well, who is in control, and what is exactly the relationship between OpenAI and Microsoft? And I do worry that Microsoft actually may be more in control than the leadership team at OpenAI realizes. I mean, Microsoft, as part of Microsoft Investment, has rights to all of the software, all of the model weights, and everything necessary to run the inference system. At any point, Microsoft could cut off OpenAI.”
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Elon Musk Elon Musk, who co-founded and invested in an open source, non-profit OpenAI ~$50 million: I AM THE REASON OpenAI EXISTS “I am the reason OpenAI exists... I used to be a close friend with Larry Page, and I was staying at his house, and we'd have these conversations long into the evening about AI, and I would be constantly urging him to be careful about the danger of AI. And he was really not concerned about the danger of AI and was quite cavalier about it. And at the time, Google, especially after the acquisition of DeepMind, had three-quarters of the world's AI talent; they had a lot of computers, a lot of money, so it was a unipolar world for AI. And we got a unipolar world, but the person who controls that does not, or at least did not seem to be concerned about AI safety. That sounded like a real problem. The final straw was Larry calling me a speciest for being a pro-human consciousness instead of machine consciousness, and I like, 'Well, yes, I guess I am a speciest.' I came up with the name [OpenAI], which refers to open source. The intent was to what is the opposite of Google, would be an open source non-profit, because Google is closed source profit, and that profit motivation could be dangerous... It does seem weird that something can be a nonprofit, open source, and somehow transform itself into a for-profit, closed source. I mean, this would be like, let's say you founded the organization to save the Amazon rainforest, but instead, they became a lumber company and chopped down the forest and sold it for money. And you'd be, therefore, like, 'Wait a second, that's the exact opposite of what I gave the money for. Is that legal?' That doesn't seem legal. And if, in general, it is legal to start a company as a non-profit and then take the IP and transfer it to a for-profit that then makes tons of money, shouldn't everyone start? Shouldn't that be the default? And I also think it is important to understand, like when push comes to shove, let's say they do create some digital super intelligence, almost Godlike intelligence, well, who is in control, and what is exactly the relationship between OpenAI and Microsoft? And I do worry that Microsoft actually may be more in control than the leadership team at OpenAI realizes. I mean, Microsoft, as part of Microsoft Investment, has rights to all of the software, all of the model weights, and everything necessary to run the inference system. At any point, Microsoft could cut off OpenAI.”

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527,742 views • 7 months ago

Elon Musk played a significant role in the creation of OpenAI at the time he was concerned that Google was not paying attention to the A.I. Safety. But Sam Altman transformed this open-source, non-profit company into a closed-source, for-profit company. He cannot be trusted.
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Elon Musk played a significant role in the creation of OpenAI at the time he was concerned that Google was not paying attention to the A.I. Safety. But Sam Altman transformed this open-source, non-profit company into a closed-source, for-profit company. He cannot be trusted.

DogeDesigner

108,866 views • 1 year ago

The case of Elon Musk vs OpenAI CEO Sam Altman starts TODAY Jury selection begins today Monday, April 27 in federal court in Oakland, California Elon Musk is suing Sam Altman for betraying the original mission of OpenAi being a nonprofit after providing 60% of the seed funding to begin the company “The two were founding co-chairs of OpenAI years ago. Musk says he gave OpenAI $38 million during its early years, or what he says was 60% of the non-profit's seed funding. Now Musk, who also runs the AI startup called XAI Claims. Altman and others took his money and betrayed OpenAI's original non-profit status. In October, OpenAI finished restructuring with the for-profit organization reporting into a non-profit foundation” “But Altman's side says Musk agreed with them years ago about the need to convert OpenAI into a for-profit company” (VERY likely a lie) Scam Altman went from nonprofit to -> maximum profit Opening arguments are expected to begin tomorrow
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The case of Elon Musk vs OpenAI CEO Sam Altman starts TODAY Jury selection begins today Monday, April 27 in federal court in Oakland, California Elon Musk is suing Sam Altman for betraying the original mission of OpenAi being a nonprofit after providing 60% of the seed funding to begin the company “The two were founding co-chairs of OpenAI years ago. Musk says he gave OpenAI $38 million during its early years, or what he says was 60% of the non-profit's seed funding. Now Musk, who also runs the AI startup called XAI Claims. Altman and others took his money and betrayed OpenAI's original non-profit status. In October, OpenAI finished restructuring with the for-profit organization reporting into a non-profit foundation” “But Altman's side says Musk agreed with them years ago about the need to convert OpenAI into a for-profit company” (VERY likely a lie) Scam Altman went from nonprofit to -> maximum profit Opening arguments are expected to begin tomorrow

Wall Street Apes

19,516 views • 3 months ago

"That was really the linchpin of OpenAI being successful" -Elon Musk on Ilya Sutskever's role in OpenAI. There was a recruiting battle between Elon (OpenAI) and Demis (Google DeepMind). "The Open in OpenAI is supposed to mean open source. It was created as a nonprofit open source, and now it is a closed source for maximum profit, which I think is not good karma."
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"That was really the linchpin of OpenAI being successful" -Elon Musk on Ilya Sutskever's role in OpenAI. There was a recruiting battle between Elon (OpenAI) and Demis (Google DeepMind). "The Open in OpenAI is supposed to mean open source. It was created as a nonprofit open source, and now it is a closed source for maximum profit, which I think is not good karma."

Alex Ker 🔭

589,166 views • 2 years ago

ELON: HOW CAN A NONPROFIT NOW BE WORTH OVER $100B? "OpenAI is now really trying to maximize profit. How is it possible that an organization is founded with the goal of being open source, nonprofit – and I provided almost all the money in the beginning, almost $50 million to get it going, and no stock, I have no stock or control or anything – how is it possible to go from there to a company that's now largely worth over $100 billion and seems to be maximizing profit and is not open source? Let's say you fund a nonprofit to preserve some part of the Amazon rainforest, but instead, that nonprofit becomes a lumber company and chops down the forest and sells it. I'm considering a legal challenge, perhaps to have the court explain to me how an organization that I funded for one purpose can do the diametrically opposed purpose, and become a for-profit. Show me the trail of breadcrumbs." Source: Interview with Jordan Peterson, August 2024
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ELON: HOW CAN A NONPROFIT NOW BE WORTH OVER $100B? "OpenAI is now really trying to maximize profit. How is it possible that an organization is founded with the goal of being open source, nonprofit – and I provided almost all the money in the beginning, almost $50 million to get it going, and no stock, I have no stock or control or anything – how is it possible to go from there to a company that's now largely worth over $100 billion and seems to be maximizing profit and is not open source? Let's say you fund a nonprofit to preserve some part of the Amazon rainforest, but instead, that nonprofit becomes a lumber company and chops down the forest and sells it. I'm considering a legal challenge, perhaps to have the court explain to me how an organization that I funded for one purpose can do the diametrically opposed purpose, and become a for-profit. Show me the trail of breadcrumbs." Source: Interview with Jordan Peterson, August 2024

Mario Nawfal

252,479 views • 1 year ago

Elon Musk is 100% right to take OpenAI to court. He co-founded OpenAI in 2015 as a nonprofit specifically to develop AGI for the benefit of all humanity — not to enrich any individual or corporation. He came up with the name, recruited the team, taught them what he knew, and put in ~$38 million of the earliest funding when no one else would. He chose a charity structure deliberately because he could have made it a for-profit from day one and didn’t. Yes, Musk left the board in 2018 after disagreements (including over control and structure). And yes, there were internal talks about a for-profit arm even back then — but only if the nonprofit stayed firmly in charge and the mission came first. The “tail doesn’t wag the dog.” What actually happened? After he stepped away, OpenAI did the exact opposite: created a capped-profit subsidiary, took massive Microsoft money, went fully closed-source, and is now racing toward a $1T+ IPO. They rebranded “Open” into one of the most closed, profit-driven AI companies on Earth while keeping the original nonprofit shell for optics. Musk isn’t suing for personal profit — he’s asking the court to return any wrongful gains to OpenAI’s charitable arm, revert the company to its nonprofit roots, and remove Altman and Brockman from leadership. That’s not “sour grapes.” That’s enforcing the promise the public was sold. In an age where AGI could shape humanity’s entire future, the original mission still matters. Elon is the only one still fighting to protect it instead of cashing out. Principle over profit. Humanity over hype.
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Elon Musk is 100% right to take OpenAI to court. He co-founded OpenAI in 2015 as a nonprofit specifically to develop AGI for the benefit of all humanity — not to enrich any individual or corporation. He came up with the name, recruited the team, taught them what he knew, and put in ~$38 million of the earliest funding when no one else would. He chose a charity structure deliberately because he could have made it a for-profit from day one and didn’t. Yes, Musk left the board in 2018 after disagreements (including over control and structure). And yes, there were internal talks about a for-profit arm even back then — but only if the nonprofit stayed firmly in charge and the mission came first. The “tail doesn’t wag the dog.” What actually happened? After he stepped away, OpenAI did the exact opposite: created a capped-profit subsidiary, took massive Microsoft money, went fully closed-source, and is now racing toward a $1T+ IPO. They rebranded “Open” into one of the most closed, profit-driven AI companies on Earth while keeping the original nonprofit shell for optics. Musk isn’t suing for personal profit — he’s asking the court to return any wrongful gains to OpenAI’s charitable arm, revert the company to its nonprofit roots, and remove Altman and Brockman from leadership. That’s not “sour grapes.” That’s enforcing the promise the public was sold. In an age where AGI could shape humanity’s entire future, the original mission still matters. Elon is the only one still fighting to protect it instead of cashing out. Principle over profit. Humanity over hype.

Captain Eli

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Elon Musk on the origins of OpenAI: "I'm the reason OpenAI exists." "I came up with the name. The name OpenAI refers to open source… The intent was - what was the opposite of Google? It would be an open source non-profit." It's a reminder that OpenAI began with a very different vision: an open, non-profit organization focused on developing AI for the benefit of humanity.
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Elon Musk on the origins of OpenAI: "I'm the reason OpenAI exists." "I came up with the name. The name OpenAI refers to open source… The intent was - what was the opposite of Google? It would be an open source non-profit." It's a reminder that OpenAI began with a very different vision: an open, non-profit organization focused on developing AI for the benefit of humanity.

Tesla Owners Silicon Valley

33,014 views • 1 month ago

BREAKING: Elon Musk has LOST his landmark lawsuit against OpenAI after a California jury determined that the statute of limitations had run out on his key claims. CNN: “[The jury] found that Elon Musk waited too long to bring this case against OpenAI and Sam Altman... OpenAI transitioned to this for-profit structure 5 years ago; the statute of limitations was 3 years ago.” The trial centered on Musk’s accusations that OpenAI betrayed its original nonprofit mission — which he helped found and fund with tens of millions — by shifting to a for-profit model. Musk was seeking up to $150B in damages, OpenAI to shift back to a non-profit, and for Sam Altman to lose his job.
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BREAKING: Elon Musk has LOST his landmark lawsuit against OpenAI after a California jury determined that the statute of limitations had run out on his key claims. CNN: “[The jury] found that Elon Musk waited too long to bring this case against OpenAI and Sam Altman... OpenAI transitioned to this for-profit structure 5 years ago; the statute of limitations was 3 years ago.” The trial centered on Musk’s accusations that OpenAI betrayed its original nonprofit mission — which he helped found and fund with tens of millions — by shifting to a for-profit model. Musk was seeking up to $150B in damages, OpenAI to shift back to a non-profit, and for Sam Altman to lose his job.

RedWave Press

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Elon Musk just destroyed OpenAI’s credibility, and he can because he founded it. Musk: “I don’t trust OpenAI. I started that company as a non-profit open source. The Open in OpenAI. I named the company.” Mission was in the name. Open source non-profit built as counterweight to big tech controlling AI. Musk: “And it is now extremely closed source and maximizing profit. So I don’t understand how you actually go from being an open source non-profit to a closed source for maximum profit organization.” Not pivot. Betrayal. Can’t be “Open” with proprietary code optimizing for profit. Musk: “At various points, he’s claimed not to be getting rich, but he’s claimed many things that were false. And now apparently he’s going to get $10 billion of stock.” Years of narrative: Sam Altman has no equity, pure altruism, selfless steward. Then $10 billion appears. Story changes. Incentives change. Musk: “So I don’t trust Sam Altman, and I don’t think we want to have the most powerful AI in the world controlled by someone who is not trustworthy.” Real threat isn’t technology. It’s leadership. Most powerful AI controlled by someone whose motivation shifted from safety to wealth accumulation. When incentives flip from protecting humanity to capturing billions, safety can’t stay priority. Economics won’t allow it. How do you legally convert non-profit benefiting everyone into hundred-billion-dollar corporation benefiting specific people? That transformation reveals whose interests actually get served. Musk built OpenAI specifically to prevent profit-driven control of AI. Watching it become exactly that explains his position completely. Danger is most advanced AI controlled by entity that already abandoned founding principles for money. Principles that changed once for profit will change again. Next conflict between safety and profit arrives at higher stakes with more powerful technology. Outcome won’t favor safety. It didn’t before. Why would it now when financial pressure is exponentially larger and the person deciding already showed which priority wins?
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Elon Musk just destroyed OpenAI’s credibility, and he can because he founded it. Musk: “I don’t trust OpenAI. I started that company as a non-profit open source. The Open in OpenAI. I named the company.” Mission was in the name. Open source non-profit built as counterweight to big tech controlling AI. Musk: “And it is now extremely closed source and maximizing profit. So I don’t understand how you actually go from being an open source non-profit to a closed source for maximum profit organization.” Not pivot. Betrayal. Can’t be “Open” with proprietary code optimizing for profit. Musk: “At various points, he’s claimed not to be getting rich, but he’s claimed many things that were false. And now apparently he’s going to get $10 billion of stock.” Years of narrative: Sam Altman has no equity, pure altruism, selfless steward. Then $10 billion appears. Story changes. Incentives change. Musk: “So I don’t trust Sam Altman, and I don’t think we want to have the most powerful AI in the world controlled by someone who is not trustworthy.” Real threat isn’t technology. It’s leadership. Most powerful AI controlled by someone whose motivation shifted from safety to wealth accumulation. When incentives flip from protecting humanity to capturing billions, safety can’t stay priority. Economics won’t allow it. How do you legally convert non-profit benefiting everyone into hundred-billion-dollar corporation benefiting specific people? That transformation reveals whose interests actually get served. Musk built OpenAI specifically to prevent profit-driven control of AI. Watching it become exactly that explains his position completely. Danger is most advanced AI controlled by entity that already abandoned founding principles for money. Principles that changed once for profit will change again. Next conflict between safety and profit arrives at higher stakes with more powerful technology. Outcome won’t favor safety. It didn’t before. Why would it now when financial pressure is exponentially larger and the person deciding already showed which priority wins?

Dustin

109,966 views • 5 months ago

🚨 ELON MUSK IS DESTROYING OPENAI IN COURT Today is his FINAL day of testimony in the OpenAI trial, and Elon is going off, saying they BETRAYED the nonprofit mission ELON: "[I] was a FOOL" for giving OpenAI and Altman $38 million in funding that was then used to create the $800 billion company "Musk co-founded OpenAI with current CEO Sam Altman in 2015. He alleges the company went back on their commitments to preserve the AI lab's non-profit structure." Elon Musk
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🚨 ELON MUSK IS DESTROYING OPENAI IN COURT Today is his FINAL day of testimony in the OpenAI trial, and Elon is going off, saying they BETRAYED the nonprofit mission ELON: "[I] was a FOOL" for giving OpenAI and Altman $38 million in funding that was then used to create the $800 billion company "Musk co-founded OpenAI with current CEO Sam Altman in 2015. He alleges the company went back on their commitments to preserve the AI lab's non-profit structure." Elon Musk

Eric Daugherty

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