Elon Musk's departure from OpenAI's board might mean big things for Tesla

On Tuesday, OpenAI announced that Elon Musk, one of the non-profit AI research company's founding members and foremost benefactors, would be vacating his position on the OpenAI board of directors. Musk helped craft OpenAI's vision and financed much of the nonprofit's growth. Elon Musk will depart the OpenAI Board but will continue to donate and advise the organization. As Tesla continues to become more focused on AI, this will eliminate a potential future conflict for Elon. The OpenAI board of directors now consists of Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever, Holden Karnofsky, and Sam Altman, with whom Musk co-founded the venture.