Here’s what happened when Sam Altman texted Elon Musk about the OpenAI lawsuit

Elon Musk made news a few days ago when he decided to terminate OpenAI, citing the company’s breach of contract and abandonment of its original objective. In the lawsuit, Musk also charged OpenAI with malpractice and maintained that Microsoft, OpenAI, and its CEO, Sam Altman, as well as president Gregory Brockman, ought to be prohibited from taking advantage of the company’s artificial general intelligence technology. Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, was spotted tweeting an old Twitter (now called X) interaction shortly after the lawsuit was filed, attempting to remind Musk of how he supported him in 2019 when many were against Tesla.

Furthermore, Altman just disclosed in an interview that he texted Musk as soon as he learned about the case. And some “emojis” were exchanged after that.

Elon Musk was texted by Sam Altman following the OpenAI lawsuit.

Journalist Kara Swisher interviewed Altman, who claimed to have texted Musk “something trivial” following Musk’s legal filing against OpenAI. Then Swisher asked Altman to clarify what he had said, inquiring as to if it had been “on the lines of WTF.”

In response, Altman said that he texted Musk something “nicer than that” and that he wasn’t quite sure what he had texted the billionaire.

“It was like a little bit nicer than that,” Altman said to Swisher, adding, “I don’t remember.” The spirit of that, you know.”

Additionally, Altman disclosed that Musk and him texted each other some emojis.

‘I miss the old Elon’: Sam Altman

One of the original founders of OpenAI was Elon Musk back in 2015. In 2018, Musk resigned from the company and gave up all of his ownership. Formerly close to Musk, Altman said to Swisher that he “misses the old Elon”. He continued by saying that he “grew up with him as an absolute hero.”

Altman has discussed the state of affairs with Musk on previous occasions.

During an appearance on In Good Company in September of last year, the co-founder of OpenAI stated that Elon Musk possessed certain “real superpowers” that aided OpenAI in its initial stages.

“Elon was definitely a talent magnet and attention magnet, for sure, and also just like has some real superpowers that were super helpful to us in those early days, aside from all of those things,” he’d stated.

Elon Musk’s lawsuit

On February 29, Musk filed a lawsuit against Altman’s OpenAI, alleging contract violations and unethical business practices. Musk claimed in the lawsuit that OpenAI’s emphasis on maximizing Microsoft profits rather than advancing humankind is contrary to the company’s founding principles.

OpenAI reacted to the lawsuit by saying that it “refuted all claims of Musk”. The conflict escalated when OpenAI published a blog post containing old emails that Musk had sent to the company’s founders, in which he was shown endorsing the notion of OpenAI’s for-profit arm and proposing a merger with Tesla. In a court response, the business stated that Musk wants to keep all of the success for himself. (Source : indiatoday.in)