Musk congratulated Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, and joked about Sam Altman having to use Teams instead of Google Meet.

Elon Musk was one of the first technology leaders to respond when Microsoft announced that former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman would join the company in the early morning of November 20 (afternoon of November 20, Hanoi time).

“Wild times,” Musk commented with wishes to Microsoft CEO.

In another article by Satya Nadella, X’s boss responded happily: “Now they will have to use Teams.” The quote refers to how the board of directors of OpenAI used Google Meet to create an important meeting and fire the CEO. Meanwhile, Microsoft, which owns the online meeting app Teams, is the largest investor in OpenAI.

Elon Musk at an event in 2019. Photo: Reuters

In response to some other users about the event, Musk said this was a “not boring” weekend. He also did not forget to mention xAI, the company he created to become a competitor of OpenAI.

“The xAI team is still awake and working,” he said at 4 a.m.

In mid-year, Musk also mentioned the relationship between Microsoft and OpenAI, saying he was “really worried that Microsoft may have more control than the leadership team at OpenAI realizes.” Later, CEO Satya Nadella clarified that this information was “actually inaccurate” and that a non-profit organization is in charge of managing OpenAI.

Elon Musk and Sam Altman were also close when they co-founded the non-profit organization OpenAI to prevent the threat of AI to humanity. He then left the company in 2018, citing a “conflict of interest with Tesla”. However, the real reason is said to be that Musk wanted to hold the role of OpenAI executive, but this position belonged to Sam Altman.

The South African-born technology billionaire has also repeatedly warned about the threats that AI can bring, including that they can develop to an uncontrollable level or will take over people’s jobs. When OpenAI’s ChatGPT launched and caused a global sensation in late 2022, Musk criticized the company for going against its original purpose. Early in November, the Musk-founded xAI company also unveiled Grok, a generative AI that uses a large language model that is reportedly more sophisticated than ChatGPT’s GPT-3.5 and is currently in testing.

When OpenAI fired Sam Altman, Musk said the company needed to be clear with the public about why it had to act so decisively so that people could understand more about the power and risks of advanced AI. can bring.