“Musk has openly criticized OpenAI and its chief executive, Sam Altman, for focusing more on growing a business and making money than serving humanity.” We’re no longer in the business of copying-and-pasting others’ news stories wholesale anymore, but coming across this nugget about quasi-Lex Luthor Elon Musk from the Washington Post merited its own highlight. Apparently, the man who destroyed Twitter to placate white nationalists thinks businesses should generally “serve humanity.” Who knew?
The Post story focuses on Musk dropping his lawsuit against OpenAI, a company he was an early investor in, but abandoned in favor of building his own version. OpenAI ended up taking loads of investment from Microsoft and introducing a new age of AI with ChatGPT. Apparently, Musk is pissy that he left the party before the band started.