Musk, Altman trade insults after Apple sues OpenAI
What's new: The clash followed Apple's trade-secrets case against OpenAI and fresh AI model launches from xAI and OpenAI.
Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman traded personal attacks on X over the weekend after Apple filed a lawsuit against OpenAI alleging theft of trade secrets. The exchange revived a long-running feud between two OpenAI co-founders whose split has spilled into court and the AI market. CNBC reported Musk had recently lost a California trial over his challenge to OpenAI's for-profit structure and plans to appeal. The latest spat also came days after xAI released Grok 4.5 and OpenAI rolled out GPT-5.6 Sol, underscoring how legal fights, product competition and personal rivalry are colliding in the race to dominate generative AI.