Mutual respect can exist between mortal enemies. Elon Musk and Sam Altman don’t see eye to eye on the subject of AI. But Altman has praised the tech billionaire for carrying through OpenAI during its opening days. The tech billionaire was one of the founders of OpenAI, the company that would later create ChatGPT.
However, Elon Musk left the company in 2018 and dropped all his financial stakes in the company. Since then, there’s been a lot of speculation about conflict between him and Sam Altman. They have often taken shots at each other. But recently, Altman gave the Tesla CEO due credit during a podcast appearance.
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OpenAI Founder Calls Elon Musk “Talent Magnet”
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman spoke highly of Elon Musk during his appearance on the podcast ‘Good Company.’ Altman labeled Musk a “talent and attention magnet,” further saying his “real superpowers” helped OpenAI lay a foundation in its initial days. Despite their parting ways, there’s still some respect between the two.
Sam Altman told the ‘Good Company’ host, “Elon was definitely a talent magnet and attention magnet, for sure, and also just like has some real superpowers that were super helpful to us in those early days, aside from all of those things,” In a recent report from The New Yorker Altman talked about having to ‘reorient his life and time in order to ensure that the company had enough funding’ when Musk left.
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Elon Musk Goes After California’s Content Moderation Laws
After taking on ADL, Elon Musk is going after California content moderation laws. The state plans to implement a law that would see new transparency needs for social media companies, including how they traffic police disinformation, hate speech, and extremism. Known as Bill 587, it violates its free speech rights under the US Constitution’s First Amendment and California’s state constitution.
This lawsuit comes when Elon Musk gets a lot of flak from the Anti-Defamation League. The organization believes the documented incidents of anti-Semitism and racism have increased since the tech billionaire took over X. In turn, the former CEO of X has blamed the league for bringing X’s ad revenue down by 60%.
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