The ongoing feud between Elon Musk and Sam Altman just reached a whole new level of drama. Musk recently went on social media to publicly accuse the OpenAI boss of stealing an open-source charity alongside proprietary technology belonging to Apple. The heated exchange happened right after the iPhone maker filed a massive lawsuit claiming its former employees took secret hardware plans to the rival artificial intelligence firm.
The intense rivalry between the two tech billionaires continues to heat up every single day.
Apple takes legal action while billionaires fight each other online
Recent reports show that Apple accuses OpenAI of stealing trade secrets to build AI devices. The lawsuit claims the software company hired hundreds of former workers and encouraged them to bring physical hardware components and secret circuit designs to their job interviews.
When the news broke, Musk jumped at the chance to mock his rival. He tweeted that Altman takes scamming to a whole new level. Altman fired back quickly, poking fun at Musk for selling short-term space data center ideas to ordinary investors. This quick response only fueled the fire, leading Musk to launch an even bigger verbal attack against the executive.
SpaceX prepares to launch massive computing satellites early next year
Never one to back down from an argument, Musk replied to the joke with some heavy insults. He claimed that his space company will start flying its new hardware next year and joked that Altman could come watch the launch if his parole officer approves. He then accused him of stealing from a charity and taking all of the stolen phone technology.
The hardware Musk mentioned is part of a very ambitious project for AI computing in space. Known as the AI1 satellites, these huge machines are built to handle massive processing loads right in orbit.
They will feature liquid radiators for cooling and special shielding to protect against space debris. The manufacturing team plans to build these advanced orbiting data centers at a Texas facility and deploy them soon.
