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- Elon Musk tried to buy DeepMind ahead of Google because of trust issues, a new report says.
- Musk had concerns that Google could not be trusted with developing technology as dangerous as AI.
- Musk is pushing ahead with his own AI plans despite being increasingly vocal about the tech's harms.
Elon Musk made a last-minute attempt to buy DeepMind before Google finalized its $500 million deal for the AI lab a decade ago because he feared the search giant couldn't be trusted to create advanced AI, according to a new report.