Elon Musk’s $97.4 billion offer to OpenAI

An article in Forbes looks at Elon Musk’s offer to buy OpenAI for $97.4 billion, and Sam Altman’s rejection of the offer. The article emphasizes Musk’s opposition to OpenAI’s plans to convert it from a nonprofit to a for-profit company. Musk’s lawyer states that if OpenAI were to become a for-profit organization, the organization would need to be fairly compensated for the technology it would lose control of. Altman responds to Musk’s offer with a sarcastic response to X. The article also touches on the long-standing rivalry between Musk and Altman, which has been exacerbated by Musk’s xAI company competing with OpenAI in the AI ​​space. The article also states that Musk believes OpenAI should remain open source and focused on security, which is its founding purpose.