"Musk testified that one of his core motivations for co-founding OpenAI was a falling out with Google's Larry Page over AI safety - specifically, a conversation in which Musk raised the prospect of AI wiping out humanity and Page shrugged it off as 'fine,' so long as AI itself survived."
"The friendship didn't survive OpenAI. When Musk recruited Google AI star Ilya Sutskever to help launch the company, Page felt personally betrayed and cut off contact."
"Musk called the attitude 'insane.' That's mostly notable given how close the two once were. Fortune included them on its 2016 list of secretly best-friend business leaders."
"As recently as 2023 he told tech podcaster Lex Fridman he wanted to patch things up: 'We were friends for a very long time.'"
Elon Musk's testimony revealed that a significant motivation for co-founding OpenAI was his disagreement with Larry Page regarding AI safety. Musk expressed concern about AI potentially wiping out humanity, while Page dismissed these fears. Their friendship deteriorated after Musk recruited Ilya Sutskever from Google to help launch OpenAI, leading to Page feeling betrayed. Despite their past closeness, including Musk frequently staying at Page's home, their relationship ended over these professional differences. Musk has expressed a desire to reconcile with Page in recent discussions.
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