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Elon Musk tried to recruit Sam Altman to join a "world-class AI lab" within Tesla.
Elon Musk tried to recruit Sam Altman to lead a Tesla AI lab in 2017-2018.
KEY POINTS
- Musk offered Altman a Tesla board seat and considered merging OpenAI’s mission into Tesla.
- Shivon Zilis testified Musk contacted Andrej Karpathy about joining Tesla, contradicting Musk's previous statements.
- Internal emails reveal Tesla planned a stealth AI unit to counter Google DeepMind, targeting leaders like Demis Hassabis.
- Zilis did not disclose her IVF pregnancy with Musk's children to the OpenAI board due to a confidentiality agreement.
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