The feud between Sam Altman and Elon Musk simply received one other chapter—and this time, it’s over GPT-5 and Microsoft.
After Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella introduced Thursday that OpenAI’s newest mannequin, GPT-5, might be rolled out throughout Microsoft merchandise—together with Microsoft 365 Copilot, GitHub Copilot, and Azure AI Foundry—Musk didn’t maintain again. He posted on X, “OpenAI goes to eat Microsoft alive.”
The warning caught consideration, however Nadella didn’t appear fazed. “Folks have been making an attempt for 50 years, and that’s the enjoyable of it! Every day you be taught one thing new, and innovate, accomplice, and compete,” he replied on X. He even gave a nod to Musk’s personal Grok 4 chatbot, which can also be hosted on Azure in restricted preview.
Folks have been making an attempt for 50 years and that’s the enjoyable of it! Every day you be taught one thing new, and innovate, accomplice, and compete. Excited for Grok 4 on Azure and looking out ahead to Grok 5!
— Satya Nadella (@satyanadella) August 7, 2025
Altman, for his half, wasn’t inquisitive about enjoying alongside. Requested about Musk’s put up throughout an interview on CNBC’s Squawk Box, the OpenAI CEO responded, “You realize, I don’t take into consideration him that a lot.”
Altman went additional, questioning what Musk even meant by the remark. “I assumed he was simply, like, tweeting all day [on X] about how a lot OpenAI sucks, and our mannequin is unhealthy, and, you already know, [we’re] not gonna be a great firm and all that,” he added.
Musk has but to reply, and CNBC says it reached out to his firm X for remark.
Altman and Musk have taken photographs at one another for years. They co-founded OpenAI in 2015 as a nonprofit targeted on secure synthetic common intelligence, however break up over disagreements concerning the lab’s route. Since then, OpenAI has restructured right into a for-profit hybrid, launched the viral ChatGPT, and introduced Microsoft on board as a significant backer.
Musk hasn’t been quiet about his disapproval. He beforehand sued OpenAI for allegedly abandoning its authentic mission, although he later dropped the lawsuit. Earlier this 12 months, he even led a $97.4 billion bid to purchase the nonprofit that governs OpenAI. Altman turned it down and fired again with a jab of his personal: “no thanks however we’ll purchase Twitter for $9.74 billion if you need,” he posted.
On the time, Altman informed CNBC he noticed the provide as a transfer to decelerate a competitor.
With GPT-5 now deeply built-in into Microsoft’s ecosystem, Altman appears targeted on transferring ahead—Musk’s commentary or not.
Bitter Grapes? Musk Can’t Appear to Let OpenAI Go
OpenAI was co-founded by Elon Musk and Sam Altman in late 2015, with a mission to construct secure synthetic common intelligence that advantages all of humanity. The corporate, initially arrange as a nonprofit, aimed to “freely collaborate” with different establishments and researchers, promising to make its work open and accessible to the general public.
Each Musk and Altman have been pushed partially by considerations over the existential dangers posed by superior AI. Practically a decade later, that shared mission has splintered—OpenAI has advanced right into a for-profit powerhouse backed by Microsoft, whereas Musk continues to take photographs from the surface.
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