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Why some of AI's brightest minds are rejecting billions from big tech

Why some of AI's brightest minds are rejecting billions from big tech


Episode 549


Earlier this week, Andrew Tulloch, co-founder of Thinking Machines and one of the key engineers behind OpenAI's GPT-4, reportedly said no to a jaw-dropping $1 billion offer from Zuckerberg's Meta.

Why would anyone say no to that kind of money? The answer lies in a high-stakes conflict for the soul of AI.

From Microsoft crippling Inflection AI and Meta’s $200M poaching spree to a growing rebellion led by top AI minds like Mira Murati, Andrew Tulloch, and Dario Amodei, we look at big tech’s desperate bid to own AI by buying its creators.

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