Discovered that Earon Mask was trying to acquire ChatGPT developer OpenAI in 2018



Since its announcement on November 30, 2022, the high-precision chat AI '

ChatGPT ' has attracted a great deal of attention due to its high performance, and as of February 2023, the number of monthly active users has reached 100 million. has been reported . It became clear that Earon Mask was trying to acquire OpenAI, an AI research group that developed such ChatGPT, in 2018.

The secret history of Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and OpenAI |
https://www.semafor.com/article/03/24/2023/the-secret-history-of-elon-musk-sam-altman-and-openai



Elon Musk reportedly tried and failed to take over OpenAI in 2018 - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/24/23654701/openai-elon-musk-failed-takeover-report-closed-open-source

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman didn't take any equity in the company: Semafor
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/24/openai-ceo-sam-altman-didnt-take-any-equity-in-the-company-semafor.html

OpenAI was founded in 2015 by Sam Altman and Mask as a non-profit company, with a total investment of $ 1 billion (about 130 billion yen).

A non-profit research organization 'OpenAI' of artificial intelligence that prevents misuse of robots is established by prominent entrepreneurs and investors in the IT industry - GIGAZINE



However, Mr. Mask reported to Mr. Altman, CEO of OpenAI in early 2018, ``OpenAI is fatally behind Google in the AI development field,'' and as a solution, Mr. Mask's OpenAI He proposed an acquisition and managed and operated OpenAI directly.

On the other hand, Mr. Altman and Mr. Greg Brockman, president of OpenAI, rejected Mr. Mask's proposal. After that, in February 2018, Mr. Mask resigned from OpenAI's board of directors .

Mr. Mask said that the reason for his resignation was a conflict of interest with his job at Tesla, where he is CEO, but the news media Semafor promised that Mr. Mask would provide $ 1 billion to OpenAI. However, when he resigned as a director, he reported that he only offered $ 100 million (about 13 billion yen), and as a result of a crack in the relationship between OpenAI and Mr. Mask, Mr. Mask I am considering resigning.

OpenAI, a non-profit organization that fell into a serious funding shortage as a result of the lack of funding from Mr. Musk, established a new for-profit organization to raise funds for AI development, and in 2019, 1 billion from Microsoft We accept dollar investments . Furthermore, according to Semafor, Microsoft provided the infrastructure and AI development know-how that OpenAI did not have at the time. With the cooperation of OpenAI, Microsoft has announced that it has installed chat AI in the search engine 'Bing' and the browser 'Edge' using the ChatGPT technology developed by OpenAI.

Microsoft announces new search engine Bing and browser Edge integrating ChatGPT's upgraded AI - GIGAZINE



However, Mr. Musk said in February 2023, ``OpenAI is a company founded as open source. It has become,” he criticizes OpenAI.




Furthermore, Mr. Mask said, ``I'm still confused as to whether a non-profit organization that should have funded $1 billion now has a market capitalization of $30 billion (about 4 trillion yen).If this is legal, Why doesn't anyone adopt such a management strategy?'




Mr. Mask also agrees with the opinion that 'AI, the most powerful tool mankind has ever created, is now in the hands of a ruthless monopoly.'




Asked about the attempted acquisition, OpenAI and Mask did not comment at the time of writing.

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