Elon Musk considered calling OpenAI 'Freeman' because 'it reminds me of the scientist protagonist in…
Internal documents from OpenAI reveal that co-founder Elon Musk considered naming the company 'Freeman,' inspired by the protagonist of Valve's Half-Life series. The discussions also touched upon other naming ideas like 'Cogito' and involved early figures like Sam Altman and Greg Brockman.
- Entities
- Company: Valve
- Topic: Artificial Intelligence
- Person: Hideo Kojima
- Game: Half-Life
- Person: Sam Altman
- Person: Greg Brockman
- Person: Elon Musk
- Company: OpenAI
- Person: Gabe Newell
- Game: Half-Life 2
- Company: SpaceX
- Topic: Game Development
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