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Niel was later cleared on those charges but received a suspended prison sentence for embezzling funds in some of his X-rated businesses. He is more widely known as the founder of the low-cost mobile provider Free.
Niel appeared to take Musk’s comment in jest.
The back-and-forth between the two tech bros comes amid a major artificial intelligence summit being held in Paris. Niel was among the entrepreneurs French President Emmanuel Macron consulted ahead of the summit and before announcing a privately-funded €109 billion AI strategy. Of that sum, €3 billion comes from Niel’s company, Iliad.
Musk skipped the summit, claiming that he was “in the middle of critical work in Washington DC” while opening the door to participating in the event remotely. Meanwhile, the X owner launched an unsolicited $97.4 billion bid to buy the nonprofit that runs the ChatGPT AI chatbot, OpenAI. The offer was rejected by founder Sam Altman.
