Meta, AI entrepreneurs, academics, and other charities and activists are criticizing the startup's plan to shed its ties to its non-profit parent.

Elon Musk is at it again. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO has reignited his long-standing feud with OpenAI’s Sam Altman, taking a fresh jab by dubbing him ‘Scam Altman’ in yet another social media showdown.

OpenAI attorney William Savitt said the proposal "is not in the best interests of OAI's mission and is rejected."

In a court filing on Wednesday, the company said Mr. Musk’s bid contradicted legal claims the billionaire made in a lawsuit he brought against OpenAI last year. OpenAI argued in its filing that Mr. Musk said in his lawsuit the assets must remain with the nonprofit and could not be transferred to another entity for public gain.

The rivalry between Elon Musk and OpenAI has reached a new high after the company’s board unanimously rejected Musk’s bid, labeling it as an attempt to disrupt competition. OpenAI chairman Bret Taylor reinforced the organization’s stance,

Elon Musk recently attempted an unsolicited takeover of OpenAI that was rejected. Now the creator of ChatGPT wants to make sure that any future coups from the world's richest man won't be successful.

Bret Taylor, the chairman of OpenAI’s board, said the artificial intelligence company was “not for sale.” Mr. Musk is separately raising money for his A.I. start-up, xAI.

Elon Musk has mocked OpenAI CEO Sam Altman as 'Scam Altman' amid their ongoing feud. This follows Altman's Senate testimony where he stated he has no equity in OpenAI and works out of passion.

Elon Musk and Sam Altman founded OpenAI in 2015 as a non-profit organization dedicated to developing safe artificial general intelligence. The goal was to advance AI for the benefit of humanity. In 2018,

Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk's xAI, briefly halted responses that suggested he and Donald Trump were spreading misinformation. Now the startup has linked this action to an unauthorized modification by a former OpenAI employee now working at xAI.