Musk to Greg Brockman — “Say we are starting with $1B”
As OpenAI launched, Musk pushed to announce a $1B commitment so it wouldn't look hopeless against Google and Facebook.
We need to go with a much bigger number than $100M to avoid sounding hopeless relative to what Google or Facebook are spending. I think we should say that we are starting with a $1B funding commitment. This is real. I will cover whatever anyone else doesn't provide. […]