Musk on Microsoft terms: 'made me feel nauseous'

From:: Elon Musk
Date:: September 16, 2016 (Sent 3:10 PM)
To:: Sam Altman (cc: Sam Teller)
Subject:: MSFT hosting deal

This actually made me feel nauseous. It sucks and is exactly what I would expect from them. Let's just say that we are willing to have Microsoft donate spare computing time to OpenAI and have that be known, but we want do any contract or agree to "evangelize". They can turn us off at any time and we can leave at any time.

About this email

Musk rejects Microsoft's proposed terms, saying OpenAI should accept only donated spare compute with no contract and no obligation to 'evangelize' Microsoft products.

Notes

'we want do any contract' is as transcribed (apparently 'won't').

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. 32-11 (Exhibit 10 to First Amended Complaint)
CourtListener docket, Musk v. Altman

OpenAI, executive & internal. Tags: microsoft, compute, azure, independence, musk-v-openai

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