A Wall Street Journal report says a group of investors led by X owner Elon Musk has made an offer to buy the non-profit organization that controls OpenAI for $97.4 billion. Musk said in a statement that the offer was made in order to return OpenAI "to the open-source, safety-focused force for good it once was," adding, "We will make sure that happens," but OpenAI CEO Sam Altman seems determined to ensure it doesn't happen.
The offer to purchase OpenAI is the latest twist in a dispute that goes back almost a full year: Musk sued OpenAI in March, claiming the company had abandoned "its mission to develop AGI for the benefit of humanity" in exchange for the pursuit of profit. OpenAI was founded as a non-profit but set up a for-profit subsidiary in 2019 after Musk's departure, and the money has been flowing free and fast ever since.
