Altman himself, on the left and Elon Musk.
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Openai officially rejected Elon Musk's A proposal to buy a parent non -Profit Startup Artificial Intelligence for $ 97.4 billion.
In a short letter to the lawyer Musk, on Friday, the Openai lawyer, William Savitt, said that the OpenAI board reviewed the proposals and determined that “a very publicized” offer “of a billionaire is actually not an offer.
“The proposal, even for the first time, is not in the best interest of the OAI mission and is rejected,” wrote Savitt until March Toberoff, who represents Musk. “The decision of the OAI Council in this matter is unanimous.”
The chairman of Opeli Bret Taylor said in a statement that the company “is not for sale”.
“Any potential reorganization of OPENAI will strengthen our NON -Profit organization and its mission to ensure the benefit of all humanity,” he wrote, referring to artificial general intelligence.
On Monday, Toberoff revealed that Musk is conducting a group of investors in offering OpenAI control for $ 97.4 billion. The offer, which Toberoff said that he submitted on Monday, concerned a non -profit organization that supervises the developer ChatgPT.
“It is time for OpenAI to return to the strength organized by security for good safety,” Toberoff at the time.
IN Reply to XThe CEO of Opeli, Altman himself, wrote: “Thank you, but we will buy Twitter for $ 9.74 billion if you want.” Musk is the owner of X, before Twitter.
Musk then responded to Altman to X, Z “fraud,“And in response to another user, he called him”Altman fraud.“
Musk-Altman's drama dates back to 2015, when they were two founders of Openai, introducing it as non-profit AI Research Lab. Long -time friends and colleagues have become bitter opponents since the appearance of Opeli as a pioneer of generative artificial intelligence through viral chatbpt chatgpt.
Opeli is trying to transform into a profit -oriented unit to use the huge commercial demand for its technology. Microsoft He put billions of dollars into the company, and the softbank is close to finalization David Faber, an investment worth $ 40 billion at Openai with a valuation of $ 260 billion, said CNBC on February 7.
Musk suits Openi, who alleges a violation of the contract and tries to thwart his transition to the structure focused on profit. He also raised billions of dollars for his rival AI, Xai.
Since OpenAI is still supervised by a non -profit parent, his efforts to obtain a Musk acquisition offer can be complicated. This is because the Management Board is not liable to investors, but it is rather officially mastered the OpenAI cards.
Toberoff sent a letter to the Prosecutor General in California and Delaware on January 7, asking for opening auction at OpenAI. Musk he said In the complex court that he will withdraw his non-profit OpenAI shoulder if the manufacturer ChatGPT stops his conversion into a profit-oriented unit.
Joel Fleming, a dispute between securities in the capital group, said that the boards are usually not a legally risky rejection of the acquisition offer.
“Even in a corporation focused on profit, directors usually do not deal with the right to answer” just don't say, “said Fleming in an e-mail. “In a non-profit corporation, the goal is not to maximize the values of shareholders, so there are even fewer reasons to think that the directors will face any legal risk of simply refusing.”
– Lora, colorful with CNBC, contributed to this report.
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