Elon Musk takes a wall: Openai refuses her repair offer of $ 100 billion
“Openai is not for sale, and the Council unanimously rejected the last attempt by Musk to disrupt his competition. Any potential reorganization of Openai will strengthen our non -profit organization and its mission to ensure that Agir benefits all humanity “declares Bret Taylor, president of the company's council to whom we owe Chatgpt, in a press release published on X.
OPENAI officially refuses the buyout offer
A group of investors led by Musk had submitted, Monday, February 10, A spontaneous offer of $ 97.4 billion to acquire OPENAI. This proposal immediately encountered the categorical refusal of Sam Altman, manager of the company, who declared during several public interviews at a summit on AI in Paris as the company, and its mission to ensure that the 'Artificial intelligence benefits humanity, was not for sale.
“There have been several versions of Elon trying, you know, to take control of Openai for a long time, so it's like, ok, here is the episode of this week”said Sam Altman to Axios as he also declares that Elon Musk is not “A happy person”.
Marc Toberoff, lawyer for the group of investors, told Business Insider: “The rejection of the offer by Openai is not a surprise, given that Altman and the president of the Council, Taylor, had already rejected the Offer of $ 97 billion in musk while saying that he has not yet received it. “
The lawyer also added: “But we are surprised to see that the Council, which has strict fiduciary obligations to carefully examine the supply of good faith in the name of the charitable organization, uses the same type of double language as Altman used before the Senate . A fraction of what Musk has offered, enriching the members of the Council, Altman, Brockman and others rather than the charity in a classic self-negotiation transaction. all humanity '? “
Elon Musk is fighting against Openai
Elon Musk and Sam Altman co -founded Openai several years ago, but their relationship deteriorated after the departure of the Tesla leader in 2018, and the creation of his own IA company: XAI. Since then, billionaires have been criticized publicly on their divergent visions of the development of artificial intelligence.
As a reminder, Elon Musk continued Openai and its leaders in February 2024. According to him, the recent orientation of the company does not respect its founding principles. Since then, the complaint has been withdrawn, but another was launched in August. The businessman claims to have been “manipulated” To co -found the company.
In a statement about his Openai buyout offer, Elon Musk said: “At X.ai, we live according to the values that Optai was to follow according to what had been promised to me. We have made Grok Open-Source, and we respect the rights of content creators. The open-source force, focused on security and the good that it was in the past.
