They think they’re building God
…rdquo; that can do more and more on our behalf. (We recorded this just before Sam Altman published his recent blog post on The Intelligence Age, but it all feels pretty timely…
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Sam Altman is an American entrepreneur and investor known for co-founding OpenAI and leading it as CEO.
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Savitt is talking about the statute of limitations.
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The craziest part of Musk v. Altman happened while the jury was out of the room
…In his understanding, there was a negotiation “between Sam Altman and himself on both sides of the table, the for-profit and the nonprofit, attempting to discount the value of the nonprofit…
The farce of Musk v. Altman
…And so, yeah, making Sam Altman look bad, distracting Sam Altman, maybe removing resources as Altman approached an IPO, those were probably the primary goals. I think Musk would’ve been happy…
Musk vs. Altman is here, and it’s going to get messy
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Elon Musk tried to settle before the trial — and got threatening.
…Musk wasn’t interested. “By the end of this week, you and Sam [Altman] will be the most hated men in America,” he told them. OpenAI’s lawyers are trying to get…
Musk’s biggest loyalist became his biggest liability
…family didn’t know the children’s paternity. “The call right after that was to Sam Altman.” Greg Brockman, OpenAI’s president, had testified he found out about Zilis’ children from news…
OpenAI’s president does ‘all the things,’ except answer a question
…In this telling, OpenAI was Brockman and Sam Altman’s idea. Brockman had told Altman about his interest in AI as he was leaving Stripe (“I’m thinking about doing an AI…