‘Is that legal?’ — Elon Musk chides OpenAI’s for-profit pivot after his $50M investment
OpenAI was originally formed as a nonprofit entity to ensure it was free to achieve its stated goal and then became a for-profit company back in 2019.
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OpenAI was originally formed as a nonprofit entity to ensure it was free to achieve its stated goal and then became a for-profit company back in 2019.
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