Elon Musk disowns his own role in creating ChatGPT parent OpenAI: ‘Not what I intended’

Elon Musk disowns his own role in creating ChatGPT parent OpenAI: ‘Not what I intended’

Elon Musk, who once fought in court for the right to call himself co-founder of Tesla, just disowned one of his most famous creations. 

The entrepreneur best known for running the carmaker alongside Twitter and SpaceX in grueling 120-hour work weeks is notable for another feat that receives less attention: helping launch the company behind ChatGPT.

The revolutionary A.I. chatbot, first revealed on Nov. 30 by parent OpenAI, has sparked a fierce social debate over artificial intelligence thanks to the remarkable ability of ChatGPT’s neural network to mimic human thought.

Yet after Microsoft’s latest multi-billion dollar investment in OpenAI last month, Musk is now distancing himself from the company. 

The serial CEO said it no longer resembled anything like what he had once co-founded in December 2015. According to Musk, it was designed to be an open source non-profit, which was the very reason why it was dubbed OpenAI.

“Now it has become a closed source, maximum-profit company effectively controlled by Microsoft,” he posted to Twitter. “Not what I intended at all.”

According to its website, OpenAI has been organized since March 2019 as hybrid with a non-profit foundation that governs the limited partnership company and has ultimate control over intellectual property. This allows it to “raise investment capital and attract employees