Many staff at OpenAI knew that was hogwash. They suspected that as much as Musk said he cared about creating safer AI, he also wanted to be the person who built the most capable AI. He was already the wealthiest man on Earth and gaining unprecedented sway over American infrastructure: NASA was putting astronauts into space with SpaceX; Tesla was leading the charge on electric vehicle standards; and Musk’s satellite internet company, Starlink, was on course to try to shape the outcome of the Ukraine war.
