OpenAI CFO Friar says she trusts Elon Musk to prioritise national interest

OpenAI’s Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar played down on Tuesday public threats to the ChatGPT maker from Elon Musk, one of President-elect Donald Trump’s closest advisors.

Friar, in response to questions from Reuters Editor-in-Chief Alessandra Galloni during an interview at the Reuters NEXT conference in New York, said about Musk’s threats: “We trust him…as a competitor, (he) will put first the national interest and compete appropriately.”