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Elon Musk: “OpenAI has turned into a closed source for maximum profit…”

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

oe Rogan Experience #2281 - Elon Musk - Part 2

Published February 28, 2025 | Video Starts at 41:19

Google wasn't paying enough attention to AI safety, in my opinion. So it was like, what's the opposite of Google? Will it be a Nonprofit open source AI? And now OpenAI has turned into a closed source for maximum profit AI. How are they able to do that? That's what I said. I'm confused about that. That shouldn't be possible. (41:19–41:25)

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Asserts that OpenAI has shifted from its original open-source, nonprofit model to a closed-source, for-profit model.

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