Altman Calls Musk a Bully as AI Rivalry Turns Personal and Market-Wide
OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman has escalated his public feud with Elon Musk, describing the Tesla and xAI founder as a “bully” who, in Altman’s view, only respects people who push back. The remarks add a personal edge to an already high-stakes rivalry that now spans artificial intelligence, platform control, and investor expectations across global markets. Altman also argued that society may need to tolerate some harms in order to capture the economic and technological gains of AI, a framing that is likely to intensify debate over regulation and risk.
