What did Elon Musk say when Microsoft hired Sam Altman?

Musk congratulated Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, and joked about Sam Altman having to use Teams instead of Google Meet.

Elon Musk was one of the first technology leaders to respond when Microsoft announced that former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman would join the company in the early morning of November 20 (afternoon of November 20, Hanoi time).

"Wild times," Musk commented with wishes to Microsoft CEO.

In another post by Satya Nadella, X's boss responded happily: "Now they will have to use Teams." The statement refers to the fact that OpenAI 's board of directors used Google Meet to create an important meeting and fire the CEO. Meanwhile, Microsoft , which owns the online meeting application Teams, is the largest investor in OpenAI.

Elon Musk at an event in 2019. Photo: Reuters

In response to several other users about the event, Musk said it was a "not boring" weekend. He also did not forget to mention xAI, the company he created to become a competitor of OpenAI.

"The xAI team is still awake and working," he said at 4 a.m.

In mid-year, Musk also mentioned the relationship between Microsoft and OpenAI, saying he was "really worried that Microsoft may have more control than the leadership team at OpenAI realizes." CEO Satya Nadella later corrected that this information was "actually incorrect" and that OpenAI is managed by a non-profit organization.

Elon Musk and Sam Altman were also close when they co-founded the non-profit organization OpenAI to prevent the threat of AI to humanity. He then left the company in 2018 citing "conflict of interest with Tesla". However, the real reason is said to be that Musk wanted to hold the role of OpenAI executive, but this position belonged to Sam Altman.

The South African-born technology billionaire has also repeatedly warned about the threats that AI can bring, including that they can develop to an uncontrollable level, or will take over people's jobs. When OpenAI's ChatGPT launched and caused a global sensation in late 2022, Musk criticized the company for going against its original purpose. In early November, the xAI company founded by Musk also launched a generative AI called Grok, using a large language model that is said to be more advanced than ChatGPT's GPT-3.5 and is in the testing phase.

When OpenAI fired Sam Altman, Musk said the company needed to be clear with the public about why it had to act so decisively, so that people could understand more about the power and risks of advanced AI. can bring.

Elon Musk: The public needs to know the reason for firing OpenAI CEO
Three days after Sam Altman was fired, Elon Musk, one of the founders of OpenAI, spoke out for the first time through a post shared on X.

"Given the risks and power of advanced AI, the public needs to know why management felt they had to take such drastic action," he wrote on November 20.

Musk's opinion was given along with a post by businessman David Sacks. This person believes that OpenAI should "stop all the shenanigans", by converting its non-profit organization into another entity, and should pay shares to Musk because he invested the first $40 million in This. " Sam Altman should return to his job. The board of directors needs to be replaced with experienced founders and investors," this person said.

Sam Altman and Elon Musk appeared together in an interview in 2017. Photo: Y Combinator

Previously, OpenAI announced that Altman would leave his position because "the board of directors no longer trusts his ability to continue leading OpenAI". "Following a deliberate review process, which concluded he was inconsistent and forthright in his communications with the board, hindering his ability to carry out his responsibilities," the announcement said.

Musk is one of the co-founders of OpenAI in 2015 with Sam Altman and a number of other experts with the desire to build a non-profit organization on artificial intelligence, to prepare for and fight the threat of AI. with humanity.

He then left the company in 2018 citing "conflict of interest with Tesla". However, the real reason is said to be that Musk wanted to hold the role of OpenAI executive, but this position belonged to Sam Altman.

The South African-born technology billionaire has also repeatedly warned about the threats AI can bring, including that they can develop to an uncontrollable level, or will take over people's jobs. When OpenAI's ChatGPT launched and caused a global sensation in late 2022, Musk criticized the company and its CEO at the time for going against the original purpose. Recently, the xAI company founded by Musk also launched a generative AI called Grok, using a large language model that is said to be more advanced than ChatGPT's GPT-3.5, and is in the testing phase.

Musk's views are said to be in agreement with the current OpenAI board of directors. The Infomartion page quoted a source from an internal meeting of the company as saying that the source of the CEO's ouster was due to conflicts in development perspectives, when Altman continuously promoted products for commercialization and called capital of tens of billions of dollars, while some scientists on the board want to keep the original direction of the project.

"We are on a mission with the mission of a non-profit organization, which is to ensure OpenAI builds general AI ( AGI ) that benefits all humanity," said Ilya Sutskever, chief scientist. is playing a major role in the decision to fire Sam Altman, said.