Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) and Twitter CEO Elon Musk shocked the tech world with his recent tweet accusing Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) of gaining “exclusive access to the entire OpenAI codebase” on the back of their investment in the company.
What Happened: On Friday, Musk, who co-founded OpenAI in 2015, tweeted, “As part of their investment, Microsoft gained exclusive access to the entire OpenAI codebase.”
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Microsoft and OpenAI — the startup that created ChatGPT — did not immediately respond to Benzinga’s request for comments.
Why It’s Important: Musk left OpenAI in 2018 over disagreements, while Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates hosted a dinner for OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and others last year. Gates was the first person outside OpenAI to see GPT-4 technology.
Microsoft first plowed $1 billion into OpenAI in 2019 and reinvented in 2021. The tech giant added $10 billion to the investment tally earlier this year.
Musk previously criticized OpenAI’s ChatGPT as being too “woke”.
Last month, when substack journalist and Grit Capital CEO Genevieve Roch-Dector, tweeted that Musk viewed AI as "one of the biggest risks" to civilization and needs to be regulated, but he co-founded OpenAI, the Tesla CEO said, "Not what I intended at all."
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