Altman said he believes much of Musk's animosity is rooted in OpenAI's recent success and the fact that he now runs a direct competitor.

In a recent interview, Sam Altman describes Elon Musk as a bully, which highlighted their troubled relationship.

Sam Altman called Elon Musk a “bully” for his continued criticism of and several lawsuits against OpenAI, the organization they cofounded in 2015. OpenAI released an extensive blog post on Dec. 13 to back up its claim that Musk always wanted OpenAI to be a for-profit organization.

Elon Musk and Sam Altman have been in a long-running feud over generative artificial intelligence, and while the jury is still out on whether or not this technology is a bubble waiting to pop, we can say one thing for certain: Employees of both companies are hitting it big.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman called billionaire Elon Musk his friend on a podcast Thursday, despite the two tech gurus' ongoing feud.

Sam Altman's OpenAI should remain a nonprofit.

Elon Musk and Sam Altman are now locked in a simultaneous battle to advance AI and prevail in a courtroom fight over the future of OpenAI, the organization they founded together before parting ways.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has recently described his relationship with Elon Musk as ‘complicated’, calling Musk a ‘Bully’. The tension between the two has persisted since Musk parted ways with OpenAI in 2018.

The two co-founded OpenAI in 2015, but Musk departed the board in 2018 and has since become a vocal critic of the company, even launching a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft.

Altman claimed that Musk's opposition to OpenAI's potential for-profit transition comes from his desire to remain in control of the AI start-up.

Elon Musk Cannot Enter Some Buildings Of His Own Aerospace Company SpaceX; The Reason Is… Sam Altman had been openly criticized by the likes of Elon Musk for turning OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, into a for-profit venture.