OpenAI Rejects Elon Musk’s $97.4 Billion Bid for Control of the Company
Bret Taylor, the chairman of OpenAI’s board, said the artificial intelligence company was “not for sale.” Mr. Musk is separately raising money for his A.I. start-up, xAI.
Elon Musk’s full offer letter to buy OpenAI reveals five key details
Musk’s consortium, which includes VCs like Joe Lonsdale’s 8VC and SpaceX investor Vy Capital, is offering exactly $97.375 billion to buy out OpenAI, and says in the letter 100% of the purchase price “would be paid in cash.”
Elon Musk will withdraw his nearly $100 billion bid for OpenAI if it remains a nonprofit
Elon Musk says he is prepared to drop his attempt to buy OpenAI if the ChatGPT maker maintains its current structure.
OpenAI Questions Rationale of Elon Musk’s Bid to Control the Company
In a court filing on Wednesday, the company said Mr. Musk’s bid contradicted legal claims the billionaire made in a lawsuit he brought against OpenAI last year. OpenAI argued in its filing that Mr. Musk said in his lawsuit the assets must remain with the nonprofit and could not be transferred to another entity for public gain.
Elon Musk will withdraw bid for OpenAI’s nonprofit if its board agrees to terms
A lawyer for Elon Musk said the billionaire will withdraw his bid for OpenAI's nonprofit if OpenAI's board of directors agree to terms.
OpenAI unanimously rejects Elon Musk's $97.4 billion takeover bid
OpenAI attorney William Savitt said the proposal "is not in the best interests of OAI's mission and is rejected."
OpenAI's board rejects bid from Elon Musk-led group
OpenAI's board rejected a $97.4-billion bid by an Elon Musk-led investment group to buy the San Francisco startup. OpenAI's board chair said the company is not for sale.
OpenAI Rejects Elon Musk’s Takeover Offer
The board of the ChatGPT developer decided the $97.4 billion bid was “not in the best interests” of the company’s mission.
Elon Musk Is a Problem That Won’t Go Away for OpenAI
The billionaire has spent months trying to derail the company plans to shift to a for-profit and shows no sign of stopping.
Musk Says He’ll Withdraw $97.4 Billion Bid for OpenAI on 1 Condition
Elon Musk and Sam Altman, OpenAI's CEO, have a long-running feud. Here's the latest on Musk's bid to buy OpenAI.
Authorities declare OpenAI whistleblower's death 'case closed' citing evidence of self-inflicted gunshot wound
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OpenAI strips warnings from ChatGPT, but its content policy hasn't changed
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3 easy side hustles OpenAI's Operator just made possible - plus how you can get started
Operator allows small business owners and professionals to automate without hiring or paying a developer to create an ...
A startup boosting OpenAI's security is creating a new Silicon Valley in Nepal. Call it 'Silicon Peaks.'
At 10:00 p.m. in San Francisco, it's 11:45 the next morning in Kathmandu, Nepal. And for AI security startup, SecurityPal, ...
OpenAI plans to simplify AI products in new road map for latest models, CEO Altman says
OpenAI will not release "o3" as a standalone artificial intelligence model, as the ChatGPT maker looks to simplify its ...
Who should run OpenAI? 50% say Altman and only 23% say Musk, in ZDNET poll
Now that the battle for OpenAI has ensued, ZDNET polled readers about who should control the world's most important AI ...
DeepSeek Doesn’t Scare OpenAI, Thanks to the ‘Jevons Paradox’
The economic theory, which traces to 1865, says that as a resource becomes more efficient to use, demand will increase. It ...
Sam Altman lays out plans for OpenAI’s much-anticipated GPT-5, promising the end of ‘hated’ model picker
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has laid out a roadmap for the release of new AI models: GPT-4.5 and GPT-5. He promised a simpler AI ...