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Isn't Musk a major investor in OpenAI? If he said "my data feeds chatgpt, not its competitors", that would make sense, right?

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He's been somewhat critical of OpenAI. Specifically the part about it pivoting to a for-profit business.

> I’m still confused as to how a non-profit to which I donated ~$100M somehow became a $30B market cap for-profit. If this is legal, why doesn’t everyone do it?

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1636047019893481474

> I donated the first $100M to OpenAI when it was a non-profit, but have no ownership or control

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1639142924985278466

You’re sharing lies. He donated $10 mil and talks it up 10x.

There's a lot of lies in tweets. The point was: he's been disparaging OpenAI. It doesn't matter how much he donated or if he donated.

Isn't the more important point that his consistent lying makes his disparagings unreliable as a signal?

Can you point out any of his lies?

I assume you are joking. In case you aren't, start with the subject of this very thread ($100M claimed Vs $10M reality). Then work backwards through every claim he ever made about anything. Here's a collection of his top hits https://www.elonmusk.today/

> He's been somewhat critical of OpenAI. Specifically the part about it pivoting to a for-profit business.

Because it was thereby starting to compete with his own for-profit.

He was even asking for a moratorium for 6 months so his company could catch up.

He tried to pressure them in 2020 to make him a CEO. They refused, so he pulled promised funding when they were on the brink of bankruptcy. They made a deal with Microsoft instead.

Then in 2022, they blew up and Elon's been spitting venom at them ever since as he missed his chance.

No, he sold all (I think) of his shares long time ago apparently because of conflict of interest with Tesla.

Wasn’t in a non profit back then? Do they actually have shares? I thought part of the point is they don’t turn a profit to pay out to investors.

He had committed to providing funding to them and was on the board. Being on the board is indeed the only form of control in a non-profit.

He tried to pressure them to make him a CEO, they refused, so he said "no money then, go bankrupt" and quit the board. They made a deal with Microsoft and survived.

Now he's pissed.

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