Elon Musk and Sam Altman spar on X after Apple files OpenAI lawsuit
Elon Musk and Sam Altman exchanged personal insults on X following Apple's lawsuit against OpenAI regarding trade secrets.Summary
Elon Musk and Sam Altman engaged in a heated exchange on X following Apple's lawsuit against OpenAI for alleged theft of trade secrets. The conflict highlights the long-standing rivalry between the two billionaires, which traces back to their shared founding of OpenAI in 2015. Musk has previously sued OpenAI and Altman, alleging anti-competitive practices, while Altman has dismissed Musk's criticisms, suggesting Musk is simply obsessed with him.
The tension comes amid significant industry shifts, including SpaceX's massive $75 billion IPO and OpenAI's confidential filing for its own IPO. Both companies are aggressively competing in the generative AI space, with SpaceX recently releasing the Grok 4.5 model and OpenAI debuting GPT-5.6 Sol. Additionally, SpaceX is attempting to expand its AI capabilities through a $60 billion acquisition of Cursor to compete with tools like Anthropic's Claude Code and OpenAI's Codex.
During the social media spat, Musk repeatedly used the moniker "Scam Altman" to characterize Altman's business practices. Altman responded by defending OpenAI's technological benchmarks and dismissing Musk's comments regarding SpaceX's space-based data centers. OpenAI has officially stated that they have "no interest in other companies' trade secrets."
(Source：Google News)