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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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[–] glimse@lemmy.world 204 points 5 months ago

Altman sucks but that's a hilarious burn

[–] orclev@lemmy.world 127 points 5 months ago (1 children)

$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 46 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 33 points 5 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] foggenbooty@lemmy.world 22 points 5 months ago (2 children)

This again? It's not going to happen.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 27 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago

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

[–] weew@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

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

[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] ZeroPoke@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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 2 points 4 months ago

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.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Agreed but something being unpopular never stopped him before

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

OK but he has different toys now

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] wreckingball4good@lemm.ee 103 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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 29 points 4 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] SGG@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago

It might help the readability?

[–] Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] mrunicornman@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

The only possibility is all possibilities.

[–] Xaphanos@lemmy.world 74 points 5 months ago (4 children)

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

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 69 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The world needs a lot more Italian plumbers.

[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 29 points 5 months ago

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

[–] Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

Defenestrate! Defenestrate!

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.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 58 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Two of the worst people in America fighting.

[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 17 points 5 months ago

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

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 months ago

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.

[–] crystalmerchant@lemmy.world 30 points 4 months ago

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

[–] TheImpressiveX@lemm.ee 21 points 5 months ago
[–] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 20 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Why's Musk looking so overweight?

[–] phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 18 points 5 months ago

Hate and hamburger diet ages you.

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 17 points 5 months ago

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

[–] earphone843@sh.itjust.works 8 points 5 months ago

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

[–] EvergreenGuru@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

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

[–] YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca 18 points 5 months ago

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

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

They're the same guy.

[–] shittydwarf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] CluckN@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] shittydwarf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago

That's a bingo