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Elon Musk makes $97 billion bid for OpenAI, gets rejected
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Elon Musk launches $100,000,000,000 bid to gain control of OpenAI
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Elon Musk and investors offering $97.4 billion for control of OpenAI, WSJ reports
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Elon Musk Enlists Ari Emanuel Among Investors In Bid to Take Over OpenAI and Court Hollywood
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Elon Musk-led consortium offers $100bn to take control of OpenAI
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Elon Musk makes $97bn bid for OpenAI - but CEO offers to buy Twitter instead
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Elon Musk and Pals Launch Massive Bid to Take Over OpenAI
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Elon Musk launches $94.7bn bid to buy back OpenAI
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Sam Altman Says ‘No Thank You’ to Elon Musk Attempt to Buy OpenAI
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Elon Musk-led group proposes buying OpenAI for $97 billion. OpenAI CEO says 'no thank you'
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Elon Musk-Led Investor Group Submits Bid to Buy OpenAI Nonprofit | PYMNTS.com
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Elon Musk launches $97.4 billion bid to buy ChatGPT maker OpenAI; Sam Altman fires back with offer to buy Twitter - The Times of India
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‘Swindler, Scam Altman’: Elon Musk after Sam Altman mocks his $97.4 billion bid for OpenAI
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OpenAI CEO reacts to Musk-led group’s surprise $97bn bid
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