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OpenAI's board of directors has firmly closed the door on Elon Musk's acquisition plans. In a statement posted on X, board member Bret Taylor framed the decision as a catalyst for positive transformation, announcing plans to strengthen OpenAI's non-profit structure and double down on its founding mission: developing AI that benefits humanity as a whole. The rejection comes in response to a $97.4 billion takeover bid from Musk and a group of investors. Musk claimed he wanted to reshape OpenAI into what he described as an "open-source, safety-focused force." However, OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman sees different motivations at play, suggesting that Musk's real aim is to neutralize a potential competitor to his own AI venture, xAI.

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Following the recent AI Action Summit in Paris, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says Europe's plans for AI need "greater focus and urgency" to address the rapid changes ahead. While the EU Commission recently unveiled several initiatives, including the €200 billion "InvestAI" program, Amodei suggests these efforts might not match the pace of AI development. "While AI has the potential to dramatically accelerate economic growth throughout the world, it also has the potential to be highly disruptive," he explains. Amodei advocates for policies "focused on ensuring that everyone shares in the economic benefits of very powerful AI," and monitoring the economic impact of today's AI systems.

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