Paris – Elon Musk It aims to “slow down the competitor” when the investor group he managed presented an Openai control proposal worth $ 97.4 billion, the general director of the company Sam Altman said CNBC on Tuesday.
Asked how seriously he takes Musk's offer, which Altman had previously refused in the X media in the media X, the head of Opeli said: “Not particularly”.
“I think it's to release a competitor and catch up, but I don't really know … to the extent that someone” – added Altman, in response to the questions of another reporter off the beaten track of AI in Paris.
Elon Musk He runs a group of investors in the offer to buy control over OpenAI for $ 97.4 billion, CNBC confirmed on Monday. The offer applies to the NON -PROFIT organization that supervises artificial intelligence for chatgpt.
“It is time for OpenAI to return to the strength organized by security per day,” said Musk Marc Toberoff's lawyer, adding that he made an offer on Monday.
Musk has its own AI company called Xai, which stands behind Groke Chatbot.
CNBC contacted Toberoff, Tesla and X for comment.
“I'm not the one who wrote secured funds on Twitter”
Altman also rejected the suggestion from Musk at the beginning of this year that Opeli is lacking money to contribute to the multi -billion “Stargate” “Stargate” by President Donald Trump “Stargate”, aimed at investing in American computing infrastructure needed to train and launch AI Frontier models .
The project was announced last month. Opeli said at that time that Stargate “would start to arrange $ 100 billion immediately.” However, Musk asked if the companies involved in the initiative had sufficient capital to finance it, stating that “they don't really have money.”
Speaking on Tuesday, Altman moved to Musk, saying, “I'm not the one who wrote funds on Twitter. I'm just trying to appear and build. “
This remark was a reference to the controversial claim of Musk from 2018 that “secured financing” to take your company with the Tesla Private electric car for USD 420 per share.
The infamous tweet became the subject of investigation from the Securities and Stock Exchange Committee due to the resulting fluctuations in the price of Tesla's shares. Musk finally reached a settlement with SEC, in which he and Tesla agreed to pay $ 20 million fine, and the billionaire also resigns from the company's conduct.
– Ari Levy from CNBC and Lora color contributed to this report.