Spat: OpenAI boss Sam Altman (left) exchanged barbs with co-founder Elon Musk (right) after Tesla boss launched an unsolicited near-£80bn offer.
Since then, Musk has accused the firm of becoming a ‘maximum profit company effectively controlled by Microsoft’ after the computing giant pumped $13billion into OpenAI, becoming its largest investor.
The boss of OpenAI insisted the company is ‘not for sale’ yesterday and branded co-founder Elon Musk ‘insecure’ as the pair clashed over its future.
US analyst Dan Ives said the bid from Musk was ‘not competitive’ and was more likely designed to slow down OpenAI’s attempts to raise more funding from investors.
He added: ‘The AI arms race is heating up and OpenAI has a very strong market position, which poses a risk to other tech players, including Musk.
