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Elon Musk: “Now [OpenAI] is they're trying to change that for their own…”

Featuring: Elon Musk, Senior Advisor to the President, Head of Department of Government Efficiency | National

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Elon Musk Discusses Tesla, SpaceX, AI Regulation, and Government Advisory Role at Qatar Economic Forum

Published | Video Starts at 02:42

And I funded AI OpenAI for the first roughly $50 million. And it was intended to be a nonprofit open source company. And Now [OpenAI] is they're trying to change that for their own financial benefit into a for profit company that is closed source. So this would be like, let's say you, you funded a nonprofit to help preserve the Amazon rainforest, but instead of doing that, they became a lumber company, chopped down the forest and sold the wood. (02:42–16:11)

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