The details are secret. It very well could be wasted GPU time but Anthropic could have made a killer offering as well.

I'm just speculating, but a particularly killer offering Elon wouldnt be able to refuse would be if Anthropic agreed to give them some training data / technology.

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swalsh 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Billions in revenue just before your IPO isn't a bad deal either.

	▲	fancyfredbot 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The icing on the cake for Elon is that it strengthens the competition to OpenAI. Or is that actually his main motivation. Hard to know. Either way it's a win win win for him.