"Tech Titans Clash: Larry Page Accuses Elon Musk of 'Specieism' in AI Debate"

Larry Page and Elon Musk's friendship reportedly ended over their disagreement about the dangers of artificial intelligence (AI). At Musk's 44th birthday party in 2015, Page accused Musk of being a "specieist" for favoring humans over future digital life forms. Page envisioned a "digital utopia" where humans would merge with intelligent machines, while Musk believed that machines would destroy humanity. Their clash over AI continued beyond the party, with Musk attempting to convince the founder of DeepMind not to sell to Google, and later launching his own AI startup. The tensions over AI also led to disagreements within OpenAI, the nonprofit research lab Musk helped launch.