Musk and the consortium made the $97.4 billion offer to buy the nonprofit that controls OpenAI, writes the Wall Street Journal. The group wants all of OpenAI’s…

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      22 hours ago

      Seeing how Tesla sales took a nosedive after Musk went full Nazi and the eXodus is still ongoing, the everything app is not going to be popular.

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        16 hours ago

        I believe he wants it to a payment thing like PayPal or some shit. And I imagine that’s what his lackies are doing in the Treasury. He will force the US to use it for all their payments. I wouldn’t be surprised with like X bucks too.

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          4 hours ago

          Thiel had the board of Paypal vote to boot Musk out of the company while Musk was on his honeymoon. I can only hope something similar could happen while he is in DC sleeping at the foot of Trump’s bed.

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        15 hours ago

        It’s been his dream since before Paypal. Now he has a leg-up on the competition and his hands in the treasury

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            2 hours ago

            Trying to make sense of his obsession with making an American WeChat is a fool’s errand

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              39 minutes ago

              You’re missing my point.

              It’s understood that he’s periodically wanted to do this thing.

              I’m saying that I’m not sure there is any actual focus on it at the moment or in the near future, since I haven’t heard anything about it for a year. I’m trying to ask if there’s evidence the dude cares or if he’s fucked off to other stuff.