'Demis Hassabis Obsession': Why Musk and Altman All Terrified! | |
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Recent legal filings from the ongoing lawsuit between Elon Musk and OpenAI have revealed a central theme: a deep-seated preoccupation with Demis Hassabis, the CEO of Google DeepMind. | |
Internal communications from 2018 suggest that those close to Elon Musk viewed Hassabis's progress as a direct threat to a positive future for humanity. The rivalry between Google & the Musk/Altman camp led to the collapse of major personal relationships. | |
· Elon Musk testified that his successful recruitment of Ilya Sutskever from Google was the specific event that ended his friendship with Google co-founder Larry Page. · Larry Page, Sergey Brin, and Demis Hassabis reportedly did everything possible to keep Sutskever at Google. When he chose OpenAI, Page stopped speaking to Musk, a silence that has lasted for over a decade. | |
While Musk focused on the threat posed by Google, Sam Altman’s private messages reveal a different motivation: the pursuit of industry dominance. The rivalry wasn't just about market share; it was about the structure of power. | |
Even in 2023, OpenAI executives like Mira Murati were emailing Microsoft leadership about the critical importance of not losing top researchers to Hassabis. | |
