Sam Altman attacks Elon Musk in latest X posts
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has sharply escalated his long-running feud with Elon Musk, responding to recently filed court documents and recent public comments with a series of posts on X, chronicling their ongoing legal and business disputes.
This latest round of feuds began after court filings in Musk’s lawsuits against OpenAI and Apple became public. Jason Kwon, OpenAI’s chief strategy officer, wrote that Musk and his AI company, xAI, produced almost no substantial internal documents during the discovery, allegedly relying on disappearing messages.
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Altman reposted these claims, along with what has become an Elon Musk catchphrase: “Concerning!”
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Screenshots of documents Kwon posted online appear to support OpenAI’s argument that key communications were not preserved.
Altman didn’t stop there. He followed up with a more direct jab, writing that he was “really excited to swear Elon in in a few months.” He called this prospect “Christmas in April.”
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Altman and Musk are involved in several lawsuits challenging OpenAI’s governance changes, including its restructuring from a nonprofit to a for-profit company. Musk argued that these decisions betrayed OpenAI’s original mission, while OpenAI called Musk’s lawsuits frivolous.
Early last year, Musk led a $97 billion bid to acquire OpenAI, which Altman publicly rejected.
The messages build on years of tension over OpenAI’s direction. Just two weeks ago, Altman opposed Musk on X over the latter’s claim that ChatGPT posed a risk to users’ mental health. Altman noted that Musk’s criticisms were inconsistent and explained the difficulty of balancing security with access to a massive user base.
In the same exchange, Altman cited Tesla’s Autopilot safety record as an example of Musk’s own company coming under public scrutiny.
Disclosure: Ziff Davis, Mashable’s parent company, filed a lawsuit in April against OpenAI, alleging that it violated Ziff Davis’ copyrights in the training and operation of its AI systems.
