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Elon Musk owning OpenAI would be a terrible idea. That doesn’t mean it won’t happen | Chris Stokel-Walker
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Elon Musk owning OpenAI would be a terrible idea. That doesn’t mean it won’t happen | Chris Stokel-Walker

Elon Musk owning OpenAI would be a terrible idea. That doesn’t mean it won’t happen | Chris Stokel-Walker
Source: The Guardian
Published: Feb, 12 2025 08:00

My heart says he is settling scores and making mischief. My head fears Trump might like an ally controlling the key AI company. Elon Musk and Sam Altman aren’t exactly the best of friends. The two had a blowout argument over the future direction of OpenAI – the company they came together to found in 2015 – with Altman seemingly content to pursue a for-profit approach and Musk feeling that was forswearing the founding principles of the firm as well as its name. OpenAI couldn’t be open, he reckoned, if it was closed off and trying to make money rather than better humanity.

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