OpenAI CEO Sam Altman maintains a friendly relationship with Elon Musk despite their ongoing public disagreements.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman called billionaire Elon Musk 'a friend' on The Free Press podcast Thursday, despite the two tech giants' ongoing public feud.Newsweek reached out to Musk's communications team for comment.Musk has been an ever-growing presence in U.S. politics, with Kai Trump, the president-elect's granddaughter, even saying he had been promoted to 'uncle status' in a family photo after the election.
Musk, the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, reportedly joined Trump in a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. He also spent Election Day at Trump's Mar-a-Lago home in Florida and has reportedly had a near-constant presence at the resort since the Republican's win against Vice President Kamala Harris.Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy were at the Capitol recently to speak with lawmakers—mostly Republicans, according to the Associated Press. The Department of Government Efficiency heads discussed budget-slashing proposals and other ways to cut programs and 'Save America.'Musk and Altman cofounded OpenAI in 2015 with the mission of developing artificial intelligence for the benefit of humanity. The company has since commandeered the AI boom, most famously through the release of ChatGPT. Musk left the company's board in 2018, citing potential future conflicts of interest with his role at Tesla.The two tech CEOs have a storied history of interactions, ranging from starting businesses together to complicated personal and legal battles over the future of artificial intelligence. Now, Altman told Bari Weiss that while he's had a 'long time to get used to' the 'bullying,' he still considers Musk a 'friend.''I was talking to someone recently who I do think of as close and they said 'Look, Elon doesn't have any friends. Elon does computers. Elon doesn't do friends,'' Altman said. 'That was sort of a sad moment for me because I do think of him as a friend...This is about Elon this is not about me. It still suck
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