Abstract:
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in a recent interview that if he and Elon Musk wanted to work together, they would have to accept a certain level of drama. Altman said in the interview: "I think sometimes you have to fight back against bullies face to face. And I think Musk, like many bullies, only respects people who dare to fight back against him."
Altman and Musk had a famous breakup, which has been brought up repeatedly and is at the heart of many legal disputes. The conflict between the two is far from the only ongoing feud in the artificial intelligence industry; now, this dispute has also become the background for the world's leading AI companies to try to reach a consensus on the direction of technology control.
Altman said that he is willing to cooperate with Musk at a time when the industry is once again concerned about the safety of artificial intelligence. Although Musk now often refers to his former ally as "Ultraman the Liar."
He said: "If you want me to work with him, then maybe you should be lucky that I occasionally push back. Of course, I am willing to work with Elon."
Ultraman said that he "doesn't call himself a saint." At the same time, he doesn't think he's the biggest problem.
"Between Elon and me, I'm not sure I'm the one you should be targeting," he said.
In July this year, Musk lashed out at Ultraman when a user on social platform
Musk retweeted the post and commented: "He has taken his deception to a new level."
In response, Altman blasted Musk's proposal to build an orbiting data center — an idea the OpenAI CEO has repeatedly expressed skepticism about.
"Dude, you are clearly selling the short-term space data center concept to public market investors," Altman wrote.
Despite these disturbances, artificial intelligence companies have taken more actions to strengthen cooperation. The heads of OpenAI, Anthropic, SpaceX AI, Google and Nvidia signed a White House-driven agreement to adopt a series of self-regulatory security measures.
Altman previously stated in an interview that although there is no unified group chat among all parties, there are multiple communication channels among laboratory leaders at the forefront of the industry.
“There’s not one big WhatsApp group that everyone is in,” Altman said, “but there are lots of opportunities for people to interact, such as running into each other at the same conference, or having phone calls, occasional meetings, etc.”
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