Musk: earlier terms are 'no longer on the table'

From:: Elon Musk
Date:: September 20, 2017
To:: Ilya Sutskever, Sam Altman; cc Greg Brockman, Sam Teller, Shivon Zilis
Subject:: Re: Honest Thoughts

To be clear, this is not an ultimatum to accept what was discussed before. That is no longer on the table.

About this email

Musk clarifies that his previous message is not an ultimatum to accept the earlier deal; that offer is withdrawn.

Notes

Text taken from the LessWrong transcription (habryka, Nov 16 2024), which the compiler states was checked against the originals. Sent Sep 20, 2017 3:08 PM.

Where it came from

Court record; attribution confirmed.

Musk v. Altman (N.D. Cal.) court exhibits, CourtListener docket
LessWrong: OpenAI Email Archives (from Musk v. Altman and OpenAI blog)
OpenAI blog: Elon Musk wanted an OpenAI for-profit

OpenAI, executive & internal. Tags: control, for-profit, negotiation, ultimatum, musk-v-openai

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