Elon Musk-led group makes $97.4 billion bid for OpenAI, CEO refuses and offers to "buy Twitter for $9.74 billion" (www.techspot.com)
from shoulderoforion@fedia.io to technology@lemmy.world on 12 Feb 14:06
https://fedia.io/m/technology@lemmy.world/t/1786032

Musk and the consortium made the $97.4 billion offer to buy the nonprofit that controls OpenAI, writes the Wall Street Journal. The group wants all of OpenAI's...

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Xaphanos@lemmy.world on 12 Feb 14:18 next collapse

How long before this type of behavior gets you thrown out of a window?

AbidanYre@lemmy.world on 12 Feb 14:35 next collapse

The world needs a lot more Italian plumbers.

Bonesince1997@lemmy.world on 12 Feb 15:10 collapse

I’m sorry, but our plumber is in another dungeon.

Mrkawfee@lemmy.world on 12 Feb 15:15 next collapse

Defenestrate! Defenestrate!

Kraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 13 Feb 04:37 collapse

In Soviet Amerika, MS Windows throw you.

Not sure where I was going with this one honestly. Started as a callback to Russia owning the White House and then I theew in some corporate twist and couldn’t figure out how to land it.

YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca on 12 Feb 14:39 next collapse

It’s the equivalent of two young kids arguing over trading marbles in the playground.

RobotToaster@mander.xyz on 12 Feb 14:52 next collapse

Two of the worst people in America fighting.

SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world on 12 Feb 17:49 next collapse

When elephants fight, it’s the grass that suffers.

Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works on 12 Feb 19:03 collapse

They’re just playing. Fighting implies one of them could lose. These fucks can fool around at the expense and anxiety of their employees with no regard for any meaningful consequences of any of their actions.

TheImpressiveX@lemm.ee on 12 Feb 15:06 next collapse

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orclev@lemmy.world on 12 Feb 15:07 next collapse

$9.74 billion for the trash fire that is Twitter is honestly a really good offer, the muskrat should definitely take that.

Jesusaurus@lemmy.world on 12 Feb 15:19 collapse

I mean its served his purpose so musk has minimal use for it now…

glimse@lemmy.world on 12 Feb 15:50 collapse

Wrong. He’s definitely deadset on X.com being Da Everything App.

foggenbooty@lemmy.world on 12 Feb 16:00 next collapse

This again? It’s not going to happen.

glimse@lemmy.world on 12 Feb 16:01 next collapse

It won’t but he still wants it bad enough to cling to it

PattyMcB@lemmy.world on 12 Feb 19:44 collapse

My guess would be he wants ChatGPT because he can’t seem to get Grok working, lol

dubyakay@lemmy.ca on 13 Feb 00:16 collapse

Grok seems to be working fine. It’s about as competent as… Gpt4.

weew@lemmy.ca on 13 Feb 07:49 collapse

He’s best buds with the fascist-in-chief this time.

SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world on 12 Feb 17:48 next collapse

Seeing how Tesla sales took a nosedive after Musk went full Nazi and the eXodus is still ongoing, the everything app is not going to be popular.

glimse@lemmy.world on 12 Feb 18:04 next collapse

Agreed but something being unpopular never stopped him before

ZeroPoke@lemmy.ca on 12 Feb 23:49 collapse

I believe he wants it to a payment thing like PayPal or some shit. And I imagine that’s what his lackies are doing in the Treasury. He will force the US to use it for all their payments. I wouldn’t be surprised with like X bucks too.

ansiz@lemmy.world on 13 Feb 12:32 collapse

Thiel had the board of Paypal vote to boot Musk out of the company while Musk was on his honeymoon. I can only hope something similar could happen while he is in DC sleeping at the foot of Trump’s bed.

ripcord@lemmy.world on 13 Feb 00:21 collapse

Is he? I haven’t heard anything about it for a year.

glimse@lemmy.world on 13 Feb 00:39 collapse

It’s been his dream since before Paypal. Now he has a leg-up on the competition and his hands in the treasury

ripcord@lemmy.world on 13 Feb 13:53 collapse

OK but he has different toys now

glimse@lemmy.world on 13 Feb 14:16 collapse

Trying to make sense of his obsession with making an American WeChat is a fool’s errand

ripcord@lemmy.world on 13 Feb 15:24 collapse

You’re missing my point.

It’s understood that he’s periodically wanted to do this thing.

I’m saying that I’m not sure there is any actual focus on it at the moment or in the near future, since I haven’t heard anything about it for a year. I’m trying to ask if there’s evidence the dude cares or if he’s fucked off to other stuff.

glimse@lemmy.world on 13 Feb 16:04 collapse

There’s no hard evidence that he’s actively pursuing it nor that he’s abandoned it, no.

ripcord@lemmy.world on 13 Feb 16:25 collapse

K

NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world on 12 Feb 15:16 next collapse

Why’s Musk looking so overweight?

phdepressed@sh.itjust.works on 12 Feb 15:36 next collapse

Hate and hamburger diet ages you.

earphone843@sh.itjust.works on 12 Feb 16:07 next collapse

He looks like he’s been submerged in water for a few weeks.

TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world on 12 Feb 16:17 next collapse

Some blue tick twitter account probably told him that healthy living is woke or something

EvergreenGuru@lemmy.world on 13 Feb 06:15 collapse

His torso shows signs of un-treated childhood asthma, which can result in complications as an adult.

shittydwarf@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 12 Feb 15:38 next collapse

EHS

CluckN@lemmy.world on 12 Feb 15:41 collapse

Everyone Hucks Sere?

shittydwarf@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 12 Feb 15:43 collapse

That’s a bingo

glimse@lemmy.world on 12 Feb 15:51 next collapse

Altman sucks but that’s a hilarious burn

wreckingball4good@lemm.ee on 12 Feb 16:38 next collapse

Do I want Twitter to be taken over by OpenAI? Absolutely not. Do I despise neonazis more than I hate generative AI? You bet.

Therefore, this is a little funny.

weew@lemmy.ca on 12 Feb 22:29 collapse

Would Twitter be any worse if 100% of the posts were AI generated?

SGG@lemmy.world on 12 Feb 22:32 next collapse

It might help the readability?

Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org on 13 Feb 00:12 collapse

If they were trained on Twitter then probably not worse but maybe accidentally better, or most likely exactly the same

mrunicornman@lemmy.world on 13 Feb 02:32 collapse

The only possibility is all possibilities.

crystalmerchant@lemmy.world on 13 Feb 04:53 next collapse

Lmao I hope Elon hates that Altman called it Twitter not X

Fedizen@lemmy.world on 13 Feb 08:08 collapse

They’re the same guy.