Elon Musk Wanted to Take Over OpenAI in 2018

The US-based artificial intelligence company OpenAI is on everyone’s lips because of the advanced artificial intelligence models it has recently released. So much so that the company managed to receive a high amount of investment from Microsoft due to its work.

OpenAI, which introduced artificial intelligence models such as ChatGPT and DALL-E, became a famous billionaire in 2015. A non-profit organization by a small group including Elon Musk was established as However, it turned into a profitable company in 2019. Today, new information about the company and Elon Musk has emerged.

Musk tried to take over OpenAI in 2018 but failed

According to a new report shared by Semaphore, Musk Tried to take over OpenAI; but failed. It was stated that the famous billionaire thought behind Google in that year, and therefore wanted to take direct control and manage it himself. However, this offer is due to OpenAI’s Rejected by other founders. According to the report, deniers include the company’s current CEO, Sam Altman, and its president, Greg Brockman.

Musk resigned from OpenAI’s board of directors in 2018 because of Tesla. Semaphor, in its report, which is based on sources close to the subject, stated that Musk had OpenAI before leaving. He said he promised a fund of 1 billion dollars, but turned his promise by making a contribution of 100 billion dollars. stated. This turned out to be a major problem for OpenAI at the time; because developing models such as DALL-E and ChatGPT cost the company a lot of money.

Thus, OpenAI began to take on a for-profit basis to fund its 2019 research. Already in the same year, an investment of 1 billion dollars came from Microsoft. The technology giant’s investments in OpenAI have increased even more in recent months.