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What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Is Elon Actually Trying to Buy OpenAI?

What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Is Elon Actually Trying to Buy OpenAI?

Elon Musk's bid to purchase OpenAI is both an attempt to control the future of A.I. and a massive troll.

Slate Daily Feed · Slate

February 14, 202520m 39s

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Is Elon Musk’s $97.4 billion offer to buy OpenAI genuine—or an irresistible opportunity to troll Sam Altman?


Guest: David A. Fahrenthold, investigative reporter for the New York Times


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