[FRIAM] OpenAI and the fight between Elon and Sam

[Pieter Steenekamp]

Elon and Sam co-founded OpenAI (along with others) as a non-profit, aiming
to make AI open-source for the good of humanity.

Then things got messy. Elon walked away, saying he didn’t want a conflict
of interest since Tesla was also diving into AI.

Later, Sam flipped the script. He created a for-profit version of OpenAI
and planned to quietly absorb the non-profit into it. Elon was furious,
calling it a betrayal of OpenAI’s original mission.

Now, Elon is back with a bold move. He and a group of investors have
slammed $97 billion on the table to buy the non-profit OpenAI. Their
mission? Keep it non-profit, make it open-source again, and stop OpenAI
from becoming just another corporate cash machine.

The OpenAI board is expected to reject the offer, but here’s the twist—it
puts a clear price tag on the non-profit OpenAI. That makes it much harder
for the for-profit side to just absorb it for free. Game on.

Of course, maybe Elon’s move isn’t just about saving AI for humanity. Could
he also be trying to crush the competition? Maybe feeling a little left out
of Trump’s $500 billion Stargate project that includes Sam but excludes him?
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