A OpenAI, the company responsible for the development of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool ChatGPT, was founded in 2015 by a small group that includes the current CEO, Sam Altman, as well as Elon Musk – the well-known leader of Tesla, SpaceX and, more recently, , from Twitter.
Well, according to a news item advanced by the Semafor website, Elon Musk tried, in early 2018, to take control of the company. Reportedly, Musk feared that OpenAI's work could be overtaken by Google. Musk's proposal to lead OpenAI was rejected by the other founders and the entrepreneur ended up abandoning the technology in the same year.
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At the time Musk cited conflicts of interest between OpenAI and Tesla, contributing 'only' $100 million to the company when he had previously pledged $XNUMX billion in funding.
Meanwhile, OpenAI eventually received several million dollars in funding from Microsoft, which implements the company's AI technology into its services and products.
