{"id":115578,"date":"2025-10-11T13:35:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T13:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/115578\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T13:35:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T13:35:08","slug":"elon-musk-slams-openai-again-built-on-a-lie-they-stole-a-charity-over-non-profit-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/115578\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk slams OpenAI again: \u2018Built on a lie. They stole a charity!\u2019 over non-profit status"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has taken aim at OpenAI once again, describing the AI research organisation as \u201cbuilt on a lie\u201d.<\/p>\n

Elon Musk Slams OpenAI Again<\/p>\n

On Saturday, Musk<\/a> retweeted a post by Helen Toner, a former board member of OpenAI, who shared her candid views on the company. Toner wrote: \u201cEvery so often, OpenAI employees ask me how I see the co now. It’s always tough to give a simple answer. Some things they’re doing, eg on CoT monitoring or building out system cards, are great. But the dishonesty & intimidation tactics in their policy work are really not.\u201d<\/p>\n

Musk added his own commentary to the post, writing simply: \u201cOpenAI <\/a>is built on a lie.\u201d<\/p>\n

Controversy Over Non-Profit Status<\/p>\n

The exchange sparked reactions on X, with one user questioning, \u201cWasn\u2019t it supposed to be a non-profit?\u201d Musk responded sharply, claiming: \u201cThey stole a charity and used it for their own financial gain.\u201d<\/p>\n

This marks the latest in a series of public criticisms by Musk, who has long expressed concerns about AI governance and the transparency of organisations like OpenAI<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Musk Criticises Proposed For-Profit Transition<\/p>\n

To recall, the Tesla CEO<\/a> criticised OpenAI last month over reports that the company may be planning to transform its non-profit structure into a for-profit entity, calling such a move \u201cillegal.\u201d<\/p>\n

The remarks came in response to claims that OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, is considering restructuring its core operations as a for-profit benefit corporation. Reacting on X, Musk stated: \u201cYou can\u2019t just convert a non-profit into a for-profit. That is illegal.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to to a Bloomberg report, the proposed plan could see OpenAI CEO Sam Altman receive a seven per cent stake in the company as it transitions towards a for-profit model.<\/p>\n

OpenAI was established in 2015 as a non-profit organisation focused on AI research. In 2019, it created OpenAI LP<\/a>, a for-profit subsidiary, which allowed the company to attract investment from Microsoft to fund its development projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has taken aim at OpenAI once again, describing the AI research organisation as \u201cbuilt…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":115579,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[261],"tags":[291,44373,748,28452,34008,16950,289,290,297,18,1647,71157,71156,71153,19,17,71155,71151,307,71154,71152,82,50105],"class_list":{"0":"post-115578","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-ai-ethics","10":"tag-ai-governance","11":"tag-ai-industry-news","12":"tag-ai-policy","13":"tag-ai-research","14":"tag-artificial-intelligence","15":"tag-artificialintelligence","16":"tag-chatgpt","17":"tag-eire","18":"tag-elon-musk","19":"tag-elon-musk-vs-sam-altman","20":"tag-for-profit-transition","21":"tag-helen-toner","22":"tag-ie","23":"tag-ireland","24":"tag-musk-x-comments","25":"tag-non-profit-controversy","26":"tag-openai","27":"tag-openai-financial-gain","28":"tag-tech-criticism","29":"tag-technology","30":"tag-transparency"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}