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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says it’d be ‘un-American’ for Elon Musk to wield political influence to harm rivals

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said during an interview that it'd be 'un-American' for Elon Musk to wield political influence to harm rivals.

During an interview at The New York Times’ DealBook Summit on Wednesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that it’d be “profoundly un-American” for Elon Musk, the CEO of X and Tesla, to wield political influence to “hurt competitors” and “advantage [his] own businesses.” Musk, alongside Vivek Ramaswamy, is heading up DOGE, a planned advisory commission that’ll recommend deep cuts to federal agencies. Musk is suing OpenAI, accusing the company of abandoning its original mission and harming rivals like xAI through anticompetitive behavior.

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