Elon Musk co-founded OpenAI in 2015 but resigned from the company’s board of directors in 2018
Indian-American billionaire Vinod Khosla has mocked Elon Musk’s decision to sue OpenAI, calling it “sour grapes”. Sun Microsystems co-founder Khosla says the Tesla billionaire didn’t get into artificial intelligence early enough. Notably, Elon Musk was OpenAI’s top donor when it was a nonprofit, and when OpenAI’s ChatGPT transitioned from a nonprofit to a private company in 2019, Mr. Khosla was the first A venture capitalist who invested in the company.
He tweeted, “It feels a bit like sour grapes to join @elonmusk in suing @OpenAI for not stepping in sooner, not keeping its commitments, and now becoming a competitor.” As they say, if you can’t Innovate, litigate, that’s what we do here. Elon Sr. will be building with us to achieve the same goals. “
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and @elonmusk I feel like I can’t eat the sour grapes. @OpenAI , didn’t get involved early enough, didn’t stay committed, and is now a competitor’s effort. Like they say, if you can’t innovate, sue, and that’s what we do here. Former Elon would have built the same with us…
— Vinod Khosla (@vkhosla) March 2, 2024
Musk responded: “Vinod doesn’t know what he’s talking about here.”
Vinod doesn’t know what he is talking about
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 2, 2024
When many pointed out that Musk was one of the earliest investors in OpenAI, Khosla clarified: “The supply chain wording was wrong.” @elonmusk got in early and got out early when things seemed to be getting tough and sustaining the mission required It would take funding on a real scale to bring any benefit to society. “
Most recently, Elon Musk sued OpenAI, its CEO Sam Altman, and others, accusing them of violating a contract he signed when he helped found the ChatGPT maker in 2015 agreement. He claimed that they were violating the AI startup’s founding mission by prioritizing profits over the AI startup. Benefit mankind.
Elon Musk’s lawyers said in the lawsuit that the Microsoft-backed company violated that agreement by focusing on seeking profits.
Elon Musk co-founded OpenAI in 2015 but resigned from the company’s board of directors in 2018. OpenAI’s chatbot ChatGPT became the world’s fastest-growing software application within six months of its launch in November 2022. Rival chatbots from Microsoft, Alphabet and a host of startups have capitalized on the hype to garner billions of dollars in funding.
