OT Elon Musk and investors offering $97.4 billion for control of OpenAI, WSJ reports

[SlyPokerDog]

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/10/mus...point4-billion-for-control-of-openai-wsj.html

 

[SlyPokerDog]

No, just no.

 

[barfo]

Seems low. And also, like an admission that his own AI company sucks.

barfo

 

[Chris Craig]

And the CEO told him to kick rocks

 

[Strenuus]

Dude that'd be the end if they got a hold of the AI.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Dude that'd be the end if they got a hold of the AI.

For you it would be the end, there is no AI for dogs.

 

[Strenuus]

For you it would be the end, there is no AI for dogs.

You sniff butts and chase your own tail there's no saving you either.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[Strenuus]

Protect this man at all costs.

 

[Phatguysrule]

Protect this man at all costs.

OpenAI whistleblower who raised legal concerns about ChatGPT’s datasets has died

He first raised his concerns with The New York Times, which reported them in an October profile of Balaji.

He later told The Associated Press he would "try to testify" in the strongest copyright infringement cases and considered a lawsuit brought by The New York Times last year to be the "most serious." Times lawyers named him in a Nov. 18 court filing as someone who might have "unique and relevant documents" supporting allegations of OpenAI's willful copyright infringement.

Balaji was found dead in his San Francisco apartment on Nov. 26 in what police said "appeared to be a suicide. No evidence of foul play was found during the initial investigation." The city's chief medical examiner's office confirmed the manner of death to be suicide.

His parents Poornima Ramarao and Balaji Ramamurthy said they are still seeking answers, describing their son as a "happy, smart and brave young man" who loved to hike and recently returned from a trip with friends.
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