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Sam Altman Rejects Elon Musk’s $97.4B Bid for OpenAI

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has unequivocally dismissed Elon Musk’s surprise $97.4 billion acquisition offer during an exclusive interview with Sky News at the Paris AI Summit. “The company is not for sale, neither is the mission,” Altman stated, addressing speculation about OpenAI’s future amid Musk’s aggressive push to reshape the organisation. 


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The Tesla billionaire – himself an OpenAI co-founder – escalated tensions with a public demand to revert the company to its open-source roots: “It’s time for OpenAI to return to the open-source, safety-focused force for good it once was. We will make sure that happens.” This comes as Musk initiates legal challenges against OpenAI’s planned transition to a for-profit model, a move Altman’s leadership considers vital for scaling capabilities. 

 

When pressed about potential collaboration with Chinese AI developers like DeepSeek – whose recently unveiled budget model rattled industry pricing structures – Altman revealed strategic ambitions: “Should we try as hard as we absolutely can [to work with them]? Yes.” The admission clashes with growing U.S. security concerns that have already banned certain Chinese tech from government devices. 

 

Facing questions about balancing innovation with responsibility, Altman positioned safety as non-negotiable: “We’ve got to make these systems really safe for people, or people just won’t use them.” Yet his summit discussions revealed market pressures: “The main concern has been ‘can we make this cheaper, can you have more of it, can we get it better and more advanced.’” 

 

U.S. Vice President JD Vance sharpened the debate during his inaugural foreign trip: “Excessive regulation would kill this rapidly growing industry.” Drawing parallels to the steam engine’s transformative impact, he vowed the Trump administration would combat “ideological bias” in AI systems while protecting free speech – a stance that raises questions about governing frameworks for emerging technologies. 

 

Can an industry racing to monetise breakthroughs simultaneously erect guardrails against misuse? As OpenAI navigates acquisition battles and geopolitical currents, its capacity to reconcile profit motives with ethical imperatives may define the next phase of artificial intelligence’s evolution

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