Musk: 'Has Ilya come back with a solid yes?'

From:: Elon Musk
Date:: December 11, 2015 (Time not shown in the exhibit; between 11:30 AM and 12:15 PM)
To:: Sam Altman
Subject:: just got word...

Has Ilya come back with a solid yes? If anyone seems at all uncertain, I'm happy to call them personally too. Have told Emma this is my absolute top priority 24/7.

About this email

Musk asks whether Sutskever has firmly committed and offers to personally call anyone wavering, calling recruiting his top priority.

Where it came from

Court record; attribution confirmed.

Musk v. Altman (N.D. Cal., No. 4:24-cv-04722) court exhibits, as transcribed in LessWrong's 'OpenAI Email Archives'
Dkt. 32-6 (Exhibit 5 to First Amended Complaint)
CourtListener docket, Musk v. Altman

OpenAI, executive & internal. Tags: deepmind, recruiting, ilya-sutskever, counteroffers, musk-v-openai

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