OpenAI executive Sam Altman said he hoped Elon Musk would not use his political influence to harm his competitors, saying such behaviour would be ‘un-American’.
Speaking during the New York Times Dealbook Summit, executive Sam Altman said, ‘It would be un-American behaviour to use your political power to harm your competitors and take advantage of your own businesses. I don’t think people will tolerate it. I don’t think Musk would do that,“he said.
Elon Musk, one of the co-founders of OpenAI when it was established as a non-profit organisation, later disagreed with Altman about the idea of turning the company into a for-profit business Musk even filed an injunction lawsuit against Altman earlier this month to prevent OpenAI from turning into a fully for-profit business
Elon Musk openly supported President-elect Donald Trump in the US Presidential election, and it was recently announced that he would be elected to the ‘Ministry of Government Efficiency’, tasked with finding ways to reduce the US budget
Jared Isaacman, who is close to Elon Musk, was nominated earlier this week as NASA’s next administrator Although Musk only offered his congratulations following this nomination, the billionaire may have had an indirect influence on the decision Isaacman has made several paid trips aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9, and the space enthusiast recently took a spacewalk in which he stood inside the top hatch of a Crew Dragon and looked down at Earth while wearing a SpaceX spacesuit
Musk has companies in many different fields such as social media, rockets, electric vehicles and AI technology, and it remains to be seen how he will use his newfound political power.
