Altman brushes off Musk’s bid for OpenAI control as rocky saga hits next level

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  Elon Musk-led consortium offers $100bn to take control of OpenAI

  Bid complicates chief Sam Altman’s plans to turn artificial intelligence group into for-profit company
  
  Financial Times - 6h
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  Elon Musk Leads $97.4 Billion Bid to Control OpenAI

  The billionaire is leading a group of investors in the unsolicited offer, which complicates the start-up’s plan to raise more money.
  
  The New York Times - 7h

• Musk-led investor group offers $97.4 billion for OpenAI — Altman declines

  According to The Wall Street Journal, Elon Musk and a group of investors are offering $97.4 billion to take control of OpenAI.
  
  CNBC - 9h
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  Elon Musk-led group makes surprise bid of nearly $100bn for OpenAI

  Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO and co-founder, responded that he would not accept and offered to buy X instead. Elon Musk escalated his feud with OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman on Monday. The billionaire ...
  
  The Guardian - 10h
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  Musk-Led Group Makes $97.4 Billion Bid for Control of OpenAI, WSJ Reports

  In response to the news, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wrote: ‘no thank you but we will buy twitter for $9.74 billion if you want’.
  
  Inc. - 10h
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  Elon Musk and investors offering $97.4 billion for control of OpenAI, WSJ reports

  Elon Musk is leading a group of investors in offering to buy control of OpenAI for $97.4 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
  
  NBC News - 10h

• Elon Musk-led investor group offers $97.4 billion for control of OpenAI

  Billionaire Elon Musk is leading a group of investors in a $97.4 billion bid to take control of artificial intelligence pioneer OpenAI.
  
  CBS News - 9h

• FirstFT: Elon Musk-led group offers $100bn to take control of OpenAI

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  Financial Times - 10h
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  Sam Altman says 'no thank you' to Musk-led group's bid for control of OpenAI

  OpenAI CEO and co-founder Sam Altman appeared to shut down a reported offer from an investor group led by Elon Musk to buy the nonprofit that controls OpenAI, marking the latest back-and-forth ...
  
  The Hill - 10h

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