The high-profile court battle between Elon Musk and Sam Altman, centering on the future direction of OpenAI, continues to provide live updates.
During his testimony, Musk elaborated on the various monetization strategies discussed among the group in the early days of OpenAI. These early concepts included the potential creation of a "small adjunct" for-profit entity, alongside other diverse ideas. Notably, Musk recounted one specific proposal: "One of the ideas that was proposed was a cryptocoin issuance — but I was against that because it sounded kinda scammy,” he stated.
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