OpenAI Has Receipts: Elon Musk Wanted OpenAI to Merge With Tesla
The key difference is that Musk is no longer in charge. Elon wanted majority equity, initial board control, and to be CEO. In the middle of these discussions, he withheld funding. Photo: Michael Kovac (Getty Images) The response was filled with juicy details and made several internal emails public. I wish it were otherwise, said Musk in an email to OpenAI founders. One internal email reveals that the word open in OpenAI never meant open-sourced at all....