Speaking to Sky News at the AI Action Summit in Paris, Mr Altman repeated that dig at long-standing rival Mr Musk by adding that OpenAI was “happy to buy Twitter though”.
Asked if Mr Musk’s intervention could make it harder for the for-profit arm of OpenAI to take over, Mr Altman said: “The board will decide what to do there.
Mr Musk sued the artificial intelligence company last year, first in a California state court and later in US federal court, alleging it had betrayed its founding aims as a non-profit research lab benefiting the public good.
Mr Altman is said to be restructuring the company and will ultimately make it an entirely for-profit entity, something the firm has argued is needed to secure the funds to develop the best AI models.
After news of the 97.4bn dollar offer for OpenAI broke on Monday night, Mr Altman said on X: “No thank you but we will buy twitter for 9.74 billion dollars if you want.”.
