Elon Musk calls Sam Altman scammer after Apple accuses OpenAI of stealing trade secrets
Elon Musk has publicly attacked OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, labeling him a 'scammer' following reports that Apple is suing OpenAI for the theft of trade secrets. The lawsuit alleges that OpenAI poached Apple engineers and extracted proprietary data during recruitment.
Why it matters
The legal conflict between Apple and OpenAI, combined with Musk's public criticism, highlights growing tensions regarding corporate espionage and ethical practices in the AI industry.
Elon Musk has unleashed a scathing online attack against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, following Apple’s allegations that the AI startup stole trade secrets from the iPhone-maker. Reacting to the news of Apple's sweeping federal lawsuit, Musk took to his social media platform, X, to mock his former business partner in a series of posts on X (formerly Twitter).Replying to a post which showed Altman saying that he owns no equity in OpenAI and that he is doing this for “love”. Musk wrote, “By ‘this’ he means scamming’. The screenshot is originally from a testimony where he was asked equity in OpenAI. "Do you make a lot of money, do you?," Altman was asked, to which he responded by saying, "No. I'm paid enough for health insurance. I have no equity in OpenAI."
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