Elon Musk Tried to Hire OpenAI Founders to Lead AI Lab Inside Tesla

Elon Musk attempted to recruit OpenAI's founding team, including Sam Altman, to lead a new AI lab within Tesla in 2018, as the AI start-up's leaders grappled with internal power struggles and the company's future direction. Musk, a co-founder of OpenAI, proposed bringing Altman, Greg Brockman, and Ilya Sutskever to Tesla, with plans to appoint Altman to the board or make OpenAI a subsidiary of the carmaker, according to evidence revealed in a high-stakes trial between Musk and OpenAI on Wednesday. The disclosures shed new light on a crucial issue in the case, in which Musk has claimed that Altman 'stole a charity' by converting OpenAI into a for-profit entity.

OpenAI's lawyers have argued that Musk was supportive of commercializing the lab, as long as he remained in charge. The trial has significant implications for the future of AI development and the relationships between key players in the industry. As the case unfolds, it is clear that the stakes are high, with both sides presenting compelling arguments.

The revelations highlight the complex and often contentious nature of AI development, where the pursuit of innovation and profit can lead to conflicts of interest and power struggles.