Sam Altman: Elon Musk wanted control of OpenAI even after death
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This article describes a legal dispute where OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testified that Elon Musk tried to gain control of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, including suggesting the company could pass to his children when he dies. Altman and other co-founders rejected Musk's control demands because they believed that no single person should control AGI (artificial general intelligence, an AI system that could outperform humans at most tasks). Musk eventually left OpenAI in 2018 and declined to invest when the company restructured into a for-profit entity.
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Original source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czj2k2exdzlo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
First tracked: May 12, 2026 at 02:00 PM
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