{"id":3899,"date":"2024-12-08T03:40:12","date_gmt":"2024-12-08T03:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=3899"},"modified":"2024-12-08T03:40:12","modified_gmt":"2024-12-08T03:40:12","slug":"elon-musk-laughs-off-openai-ceos-tweet-on-sacks-appointment-heres-the-scoop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=3899","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Laughs Off OpenAI CEO\u2019s Tweet On Sacks\u2019 Appointment \u2013 Here\u2019s The Scoop"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The rivalry between two respected tech giants continues, which is evident in a congratulatory post that might have reignited the rift between the two former allies in AI tech.\u00a0SpaceX CEO Elon Musk took a swipe at his rival, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, after the latter congratulated David Sacks for being nominated by US President-elect Donald Trump as the <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/crypto-czar-crowned-david-sacks-brings-solana-fandom-to-the-white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener \">\u201cWhite House AI and Crypto Czar.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Elon Musk Mocks Altman In X Post<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Analysts said that there is no love lost between the two tech titans who were previously allies in developing OpenAI.<\/p>\n<p>Altman recently posted on X congratulating David Sacks who was appointed by Trump to oversee the crafting of cryptocurrency regulations in the US.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-349909\" src=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/a_440ba1.png?resize=576%2C308\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"308\"><\/p>\n<p>Musk responded to the OpenAI executive\u2019s commendatory post with a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/politics\/elon-musk-trolls-sam-altman-after-trump-names-david-sacks-ai-czar\/ar-AA1vo1DK?ocid=spr_news&amp;businessvertical=News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> laughing emoji,<\/a> indicating that the SpaceX CEO is mocking his rival.<\/p>\n<p>What seems to be an innocent post might have exposed the depth of the rift between Musk and Altman.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Wary Of Musk\u2019s Political Influence<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>While attending The New York Times\u2019 DealBook Summit, Altman believed that Musk would not use his political clout to harm his rivals, saying, \u201cI believe pretty strongly that Elon will do the right thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The OpenAI executive remarked that if Musk used his political power to hurt his competitors and advance his business, it would be profoundly \u201cun-American.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<em>\u201cI don\u2019t think people would tolerate that,\u201d Altman told Bloomberg.<\/em>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sacks\u2019 appointment as Trump\u2019s crypto czar shows the influence the SpaceX big boss has on the incoming administration.<\/p>\n<p>Musk himself will be one of the heads of the US<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/elon-musk-vivek-ramaswamy-doge-ce55aa7ca8c921511d18e837c2a2db64\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> Department of Government Efficiency<\/a> (D.O.G.E.) which aims to cut federal spending by $2 trillion.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/x\/pc4AeKyR\/\" width=\"1835\" height=\"883\"><br \/>\n<strong>Former Partners<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk and Sam Altman are co-founders of OpenAI together with other tech enthusiasts. However, things didn\u2019t work out between the two tech giants which led to their fallout.<\/p>\n<p>The SpaceX CEO exited the maker of ChatGPT in 2018. Since leaving OpenAI, Musk has become a vocal critic of the top generative AI firm.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-349964\" src=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/a_edb8d5.png?resize=739%2C545\" alt=\"\" width=\"739\" height=\"545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/a_edb8d5.png?w=739 739w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/a_edb8d5.png?w=570 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 739px) 100vw, 739px\"><\/p>\n<p>Musk condemned OpenAI for reneging on its founding principles. He portrayed the generative AI company as a for-profit firm that went back on its non-profit foundation, adding that it means OpenAI deceived its funders, the public, and regulators.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, Elon Musk filed a lawsuit against the AI company for harming rivals like his xAI by performing anticompetitive behavior.<\/p>\n<p>He argued that Altman and his group are colluding with Microsoft, its primary financier, to hinder xAI from making progress in the field.<\/p>\n<p>Altman denied Musk\u2019s accusations, saying they perceived xAI as a \u201cserious competitor.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n\u201cI thought what Elon was doing was absolutely incredible for the world, and I have different feelings about him now, but I\u2019m glad he exists,\u201d Altman remarked.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Featured image from NPR, chart from TradingView<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rivalry between two respected tech giants continues, which is evident in a congratulatory post that might have reignited the rift between the two former allies in AI tech.\u00a0SpaceX CEO Elon Musk took a swipe at his rival, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, after the latter congratulated David Sacks for being nominated by US President-elect Donald [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-3899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3899\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}