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February 11, 2025

Sam Altman and Elon Musk Troll Each Other over OpenAI; Vance Warns EU Against Tech Regulation
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Sam Altman, the CEO and co-founder of Open AI, said his company is not
for sale, after Elon Musk and his investors on Monday offered to buy
Open AI's for-profit assets for $97.4 billion. Altman responded to the
bid by posting on X: "no thank you but we will buy twitter for $9.74
billion if you want." Altman has been attempting to disentangle Open AI,
which developed Chat GPT, from its nonprofit status and board. Open AI
was co-founded by Musk in 2015, but he left in 2019.

Vice President JD Vance, who is in Paris for the AI Action Summit - as
is Sam Altman - warned other countries against regulating U.S. tech and
blasted the EU's ongoing efforts to regulate AI, social media and tech
monopolies.


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