Once Elon Musk’s co-founder, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is now at Musk’s helm. “Enemy List”—and he doesn’t keep silent about how angry he is with him and his company.
In an expanded version of an earlier lawsuit, Musk called OpenAI a “market-crippling gorgon.” The Wall Street Journal notify. He has taken it there too Calling Altman “Swindly Sam.” a mocking nickname in the style of his new closest ally, President-elect Donald Trump.
Musk and Altman have had a close relationship ever since Tesla The CEO left OpenAI in 2018. As OpenAI says, Musk he said at the time, the team’s “probability of success was 0, and that it intended to build a competing AGI within Tesla.”
A year before his exit, OpenAI turned down Musk’s offer to take control of the company, despite being its largest source of funding. Since then, Musk has started his own AI company, xAI.
Musk in March sue Altman and ChatGPT’s OpenAI company was founded in part because of a violation of non-profit principles. A multi-million deal with Microsoft.
Since then, OpenAI has transitioned to a non-profit company. Musk asked the judge on Friday to turn OpenAI’s efforts into a fully for-profit business. CNBC notify.
After a friendly chat with Altman at a tech conference in Montana, Musk dropped the original lawsuit against OpenAI. The magazine he reported, but he filled it out again in August.
OpenAI did not immediately respond luckrequest for comment.
Now the pair’s relationship is at an all-time low, as Musk has become increasingly influential with Trump, which could affect OpenAI’s chances in terms of regulation. As one of the former president’s biggest funders in the 2024 election cycle, Musk has gained significant influence with Trump.
He was named CEO of Tesla Government Efficiency Departmentwhich will advise the government to drastically reduce spending. It also has musk sitting on calls with foreign leaders and protected allies for regulatory positions overseeing his companies.
While Altman has tried to forge cordial relations with the incoming Trump administration, Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and his brother, Josh Kushner, whose VC firm has invested in OpenAI, complicate matters with Musk. has The magazine notify
Musk is known for his public debates with millions of people, among others Amazon the president Jeff Bezos and Microsoft Co-founder Bill Gates. Last year, he also challenged Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg cage fight.
As for Altman, Musk hasn’t held back his thoughts.
“I don’t trust OpenAI. I don’t trust Sam Altman. And I don’t think we should have the most powerful AI in the world being controlled by someone who isn’t trustworthy,” he told the former. the fox host Tucker Carlson in October
