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Elon Musk-led group makes $97.4bn bid for OpenAI

Musk’s bid could ratchet up longstanding tensions with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman over the future of the startup. Musk’s bid, revealed on Monday, could ratchet up longstanding tensions with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman over the future of the startup at the heart of a boom in generative AI technology. “We will make sure that happens.” OpenAI, Musk, Musk’s lawyer Marc Toberoff and OpenAI backer Microsoft did not immediately respond to requests for comment from the Reuters news agency. The bid is being backed by Musk’s AI company xAI, which could merge with OpenAI following a deal, according to The Wall Street Journal, which first reported Musk’s offer earlier on Monday.

Al Jazeera

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