During an interview at The New York Times’ DealBook Summit on Wednesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stated that it’d be “profoundly un-American” for Elon Musk, the CEO of X and Tesla, to wield political affect to “damage rivals” and “benefit [his] personal companies.”
“I don’t suppose individuals would tolerate that,” he stated, per Bloomberg.
Musk, alongside Vivek Ramaswamy, is heading up DOGE, a deliberate advisory fee that’ll suggest deep cuts to federal companies. Musk, who owns an OpenAI competitor, xAI, will reportedly additionally present enter to incoming president Donald Trump’s AI coverage lead, ought to Trump determine to nominate one.
Musk is suing OpenAI, accusing the corporate of abandoning its authentic mission and harming rivals like xAI by way of anticompetitive habits. Altman, who within the interview known as xAI a “critical competitor,” stated that he’s “tremendously unhappy” concerning the swimsuit.
“I believed what Elon was doing was completely unimaginable for the world, and I’ve completely different emotions about him now, however I’m glad he exists,” Altman stated.
