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Elon Musk’s Last-Ditch Effort to Control OpenAI: Recruit Sam Altman to Tesla

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Messages between Shivon Zilis and Tesla executives reveal plans to start a rival AI lab, potentially led by Altman or Demis Hassabis.
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The trial between Elon Musk and OpenAI reveals new new elements. In one of them, an email from 2017, we learn that Tesla's boss was looking to recruit Sam Altman, OpenAI's boss, to join him at the car manufacturer.

Musk had considered inviting Altman to Tesla's board of directors. The legal battle between Musk and Altman entered its second week. On Wednesday, a jury was told that Musk had considered inviting Altman to join Tesla's board of directors. Musk's close confidant, Hirvon, a former OpenAI board member...

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Wired broke the news in United States on Wednesday, May 6, 2026.
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