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The Elon Musk v Sam Altman battle is a distraction | Karen Hao
Fixating on questions of whether Altman is untrustworthy, or whether Musk is even less so distracts from a far deeper problem with AI If it wasn’t already clear, Elon Musk and Sam Altman hate each other. While the two men were once ...

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Fixating on questions of whether Altman is untrustworthy, or whether Musk is even less so distracts from a far deeper problem with AI If it wasn’t already clear, Elon Musk and Sam Altman hate each other. While the two men were once ...
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According to The Guardian’s report, The Elon Musk v Sam Altman battle is a distraction | Karen Hao, Fixating on questions of whether Altman is untrustworthy, or whether Musk is even less so distracts from a far deeper problem with AI If it wasn’t already clear, Elon Musk and Sam Altman hate each other. While the two men were once co-founders of OpenAI, they’re now locked in a vicious feud, playing out in all its theatrics in front of a judge and jury in a California courtroom. Musk is suing, alleging that Altman and OpenAI’s president, Greg Brockman, tricked him into forming and funding the organization as a non-profit before they subsequently restructured it to have a for-profit entity. OpenAI says Musk was well aware of those plans and frames the lawsuit as an attempt to derail a competitor. Continue reading…
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