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During an interview at The New York Times’DealBook Summiton Wednesday , OpenAI CEO Sam Altman say that it ’d be “ deeply un - American ” for Elon Musk , the CEO of X and Tesla , to handle political influence to “ ache competitors ” and “ advantage [ his ] own businesses . ”

“ I do n’t think hoi polloi would tolerate that , ” he sound out , perBloomberg .

Musk , alongside Vivek Ramaswamy , is head upDOGE , a plan advisory committal that ’ll recommend deep cut to federal agencies . Musk , who owns an OpenAI competition , xAI , will reportedly also provide input signal to incoming United States President Donald Trump ’s AIpolicy lead , should Trump decide to appoint one .

Musk issuingOpenAI , charge the company of desert its original mission and harming rival like xAI through anticompetitive behavior . Altman , who in the interview called xAI a “ serious competition , ” said that he ’s “ tremendously sad ” about the suit .

“ I thought what Elon was doing was absolutely incredible for the worldly concern , and I have unlike feelings about him now , but I ’m glad he subsist , ” Altman said .

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