Khosla funded OpenAI to counter Chinese AI efforts from Baidu
Vinod Khosla · All-In Summit: In conversation with Vinod Khosla · Sep 26, 2023 · at 18:03
Venture capitalist Vinod Khosla explains his motivation for backing OpenAI in 2018 during a conversation at the All-In Summit.
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“And then there was an effort at Baidu. Right. And I was very worried the Chinese might win that. I'm hawkish on China. I have no trust there. And I love Graham Allison's book Destined for War. I'm a complete believer in that thesis. But I thought it'd be valuable to create a third center, and that was part of the motivation in funding OpenAI.”
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