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Musk and the consortium made the $97.4 billion offer to buy the nonprofit that controls OpenAI, writes the Wall Street Journal. The group wants all of OpenAI's...

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[–] orclev 128 points 6 days ago (18 children)

$9.74 billion for the trash fire that is Twitter is honestly a really good offer, the muskrat should definitely take that.

[–] Jesusaurus 46 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I mean its served his purpose so musk has minimal use for it now...

[–] glimse 33 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Wrong. He's definitely deadset on X.com being Da Everything App.

[–] foggenbooty 22 points 6 days ago (2 children)

This again? It's not going to happen.

[–] glimse 27 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It won't but he still wants it bad enough to cling to it

[–] PattyMcB 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

My guess would be he wants ChatGPT because he can't seem to get Grok working, lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Grok seems to be working fine. It's about as competent as... Gpt4.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

He's best buds with the fascist-in-chief this time.

[–] SlopppyEngineer 8 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Seeing how Tesla sales took a nosedive after Musk went full Nazi and the eXodus is still ongoing, the everything app is not going to be popular.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I believe he wants it to a payment thing like PayPal or some shit. And I imagine that's what his lackies are doing in the Treasury. He will force the US to use it for all their payments. I wouldn't be surprised with like X bucks too.

[–] ansiz 2 points 5 days ago

Thiel had the board of Paypal vote to boot Musk out of the company while Musk was on his honeymoon. I can only hope something similar could happen while he is in DC sleeping at the foot of Trump's bed.

[–] glimse 1 points 6 days ago

Agreed but something being unpopular never stopped him before

[–] ripcord 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Is he? I haven't heard anything about it for a year.

[–] glimse 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It's been his dream since before Paypal. Now he has a leg-up on the competition and his hands in the treasury

[–] ripcord 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

OK but he has different toys now

[–] glimse 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Trying to make sense of his obsession with making an American WeChat is a fool's errand

[–] ripcord 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You're missing my point.

It's understood that he's periodically wanted to do this thing.

I'm saying that I'm not sure there is any actual focus on it at the moment or in the near future, since I haven't heard anything about it for a year. I'm trying to ask if there's evidence the dude cares or if he's fucked off to other stuff.

[–] glimse 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

There's no hard evidence that he's actively pursuing it nor that he's abandoned it, no.

[–] ripcord 0 points 5 days ago
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