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Elon Musk Had ‘Hair-Raising’ Idea of Passing OpenAI Onto His Kids, Sam Altman Says
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Sam Altman testified that in 2017 Elon Musk demanded complete control of a proposed OpenAI for-profit arm and mused about passing that entity to his children. Altman said Musk’s “mind games” around that proposal were damaging to OpenAI.
Written from all 4 reports below, not from any single one.
How it was reported
- The Verge·Sam Altman says Elon Musk’s mind games were damaging OpenAI
- TechCrunch·Musk mulled handing OpenAI to his children, Altman testifies
- TechMeme·Musk v. Altman: Altman testified that in 2017 Musk demanded complete control of a proposed OpenAI for-profit arm, musing that he would pass it to his children (Bloomberg)
- Wired·Elon Musk Had ‘Hair-Raising’ Idea of Passing OpenAI Onto His Kids, Sam Altman Says
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