The gloves are off in the feud between Sam Altman and Elon Musk
Business Insider • • business
Key Points:
- Elon Musk and Sam Altman engaged in a heated exchange on X, with Musk warning against using ChatGPT amid claims linking it to deaths, and Altman defending the AI tool while criticizing Tesla's Autopilot as unsafe.
- Altman emphasized the challenge of protecting vulnerable users of OpenAI's tools while maintaining accessibility, and questioned Tesla's decision to release Autopilot, citing safety concerns.
- Both OpenAI's ChatGPT and Tesla's Autopilot have been involved in multiple wrongful-death lawsuits, with significant legal and financial consequences, including a $329 million damages award against Tesla.
- The feud occurs amid an ongoing legal dispute where Musk alleges OpenAI misled him by shifting from a nonprofit to a for-profit model
