A quick historical past of Musk vs. Altman
The meat between Musk and Altman goes again to 2015, when the pair partnered (with others) to co-found OpenAI as a nonprofit. Musk reduce ties with the corporate in 2018 however watched from the sidelines as OpenAI turned a media darling in 2022 and 2023 following the launch of ChatGPT after which GPT-4.
In July 2023, Musk created his personal OpenAI competitor, xAI (maker of Grok). Since then, Musk has change into a frequent authorized thorn in Altman and OpenAI’s facet, at instances suing each OpenAI and Altman personally, claiming that OpenAI has strayed from its authentic open supply mission—particularly after studies emerged about Altman’s plans to transition parts of OpenAI right into a for-profit firm, one thing Musk has fiercely criticized.
Musk initially sued the corporate and Altman in March 2024, claiming that OpenAI’s alliance with Microsoft had damaged its settlement to make a serious breakthrough in AI “freely obtainable to the general public.” Musk withdrew the swimsuit in June 2024, then revived it in August 2024 beneath related complaints.
Musk and Altman have been publicly buying and selling barbs continuously on X and within the press over the previous few years, most just lately when Musk criticized Altman’s $500B “Stargate” AI infrastructure mission introduced final month.
This morning, when requested on Bloomberg Tv if Musk’s transfer comes from private insecurity about xAI, Altman replied, “In all probability his complete life is from a place of insecurity.”
“I don’t suppose he’s a contented man. I really feel for him,” he added.
