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An Elon Musk-led group of investors Monday signaled its intent to wrest control of ChatGPT-maker Open AI. The consortium made an unsolicited offer of $97.4 billion to buy the nonprofit company and possibly merge it with Musk’s AI company xAI who are backing the bid.&nbsp;

“It’s time for OpenAI to return to the open-source, safety-focused force for good it once was,” Musk’s attorney Marc <a href="https://www.wsj.com/tech/elon-musk-openai-bid-4af12827">Toberoff told</a> the Wall Street Journal on Monday. “We will make sure that happens.”

Musk has routinely butted heads with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman after Musk founded and then left the company in 2015. Musk’s plan would be to turn OpenAI into a for-profit company so that it can compete in the AI arms race.&nbsp;

Altman mocked Musk's approach on ???? moments after the announcement, suggesting he would buy Musk's social media app for $9.7 billion.

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no thank you but we will buy twitter for $9.74 billion if you want
— Sam Altman (@sama) <a href="https://twitter.com/sama/status/1889059531625464090?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
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State of the Union: Musk wants control of Chat-GPT maker.{ai:summary}Elon Musk's investment group has made an unsolicited offer of $97.4 billion to acquire OpenAI, aiming to merge it with his AI company xAI. Musk's attorney stated the goal is to return OpenAI to its open-source roots.OpenAI CEO Sam Altman responded with skepticism, joking about buying Musk's Twitter for $9.74 billion. #technology

Musk-led Consortium Bids on OpenAI

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