Published on: Aug 12, 2025 11:24 am IST

In a submit, Sam Altman slammed Elon Musk, alleging that he makes use of X to profit himself and his corporations.

Sam Altman has hit out at Elon Musk after the world’s richest man accused Apple of skewing App Store rankings in favour of OpenAI. Altman claimed that Musk allegedly manipulates X to hurt his rivals.

Sam Altman and Elon Musk’s feud on X has sparked chatter. (Reuters)

How did the latest feud begin?

It all began with a submit by Musk, wherein he claimed that Apple is manipulating retailer rankings to make sure that OpenAI all the time has the primary spot. “Apple is behaving in a fashion that makes it not possible for any AI firm moreover OpenAI to succeed in #1 within the App Store, which is an unequivocal antitrust violation.”

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Elon Musk threatened authorized motion within the following line: “xAI will take speedy authorized motion.”

Sam Altman retweeted the share and wrote, “This is a outstanding declare given what I’ve heard alleged that Elon does to control X to profit himself and his personal corporations and hurt his rivals and folks he does not like.”

What did social media say?

This disagreement between Sam Altman and Elon Musk has prompted folks to submit assorted reactions. While some selected their sides, others mentioned the usage of AI usually.

An particular person expressed, “Who’s going to inform Elon that GTP5 is 10X higher than Grok?” Another commented, “This wouldn’t shock me in any respect. Rock n roll, Elon!”

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A 3rd remarked, “Is it me? I really feel like Grok all the time treats Android as 2nd class in comparison with Apple.” A fourth wrote, “Lol, how is that this the place we’ve arrived… all of the folks controlling our information suing one another over who will get extra entry to our information… free of charge.”

This just isn’t the primary time that Elon Musk and Sam Altman have publicly slammed one another. Elon Musk, who co-founded OpenAI however ultimately parted methods, has been in a continuing feud with the corporate since launching his personal AI firm, xAI.