‘Clash with Larry Page pushed me’: Musk on founding OpenAI; recalls ‘speciesist’ remark

Elon Musk revealed that a philosophical clash with Google’s Larry Page, who called him a “speciesist” for prioritizing humanity over AI, spurred the creation of OpenAI. Musk envisioned an open-source, non-profit organization as a counterbalance to Google’s for-profit model. He emphasized his foundational role and refusal of financial rewards to uphold the non-profit mission.