Sam Altman responds to Elon Musk's criticism of OpenAI: 'I mean, he's a jerk,' but 'he does really care'

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OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman rejected Elon Musk's criticism about pursuing "maximum-profit."

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Sam Altman, who was already wealthy before starting OpenAI, reportedly doesn't own any equity in the company behind ChatGPT

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman reportedly took no equity in the company when it became for-profit.

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Elon Musk reportedly left OpenAI's board in 2018 after Sam Altman and other cofounders rejected his plan to run the company

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Elon Musk is an outspoken critic of ChatGPT creator OpenAI today.

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Elon Musk was reportedly 'furious' at ChatGPT's popularity after he left the company behind it, OpenAI, years ago

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Elon Musk cofounded the AI company, but reportedly had a falling out years ago.

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OpenAI CEO says he feels 'awful' after a ChatGPT bug leaked user conversation histories

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Sam Altman, president of Y Combinator, speaks at the Wall Street Journal Digital Conference in Laguna Beach, California, on October 18, 2017.

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Sam Altman admits OpenAI is 'a little bit scared' of ChatGPT and says it will 'eliminate' many jobs

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Sam Altman believes it is "critical" to regulate AI technology.

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OpenAI's co-founder says at some point it'll be 'quite easy, if one wanted, to cause a great deal of harm' with AI models like ChatGPT

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OpenAI's chief scientist and co-founder, Ilya Sutskever, says there will come a time when AI models could be pretty easily exploited to "cause a great deal of harm."

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The founder behind ChatGPT once gave a lecture on how to launch a startup. It's still required viewing 9 years later.

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Sam Altman, the CEO and a cofounder of OpenAI, the developer behind ChatGPT.
Sam Altman, the CEO and a cofounder of OpenAI, the developer behind ChatGPT.

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Facebook and Twitter scrambled our brains and poisoned our politics. AI poses an even bigger threat.

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As AI tools like ChatGPT, Bing, and Bard take over the internet, experts warn that the new tech could fundamentally reshape our economy and lives.

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Is it a handy tool — or a ticking time bomb?

OpenAI's GPT-4 upgrade will let you turn text into video, Microsoft exec says ahead of upcoming release

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Microsoft's "New Bing" is powered by OpenAI's technology, but differs from ChatGPT.

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