NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who is in a legal dispute with rival Elon Musk, said said he is 鈥渘ot that worried鈥� about Musk's influence in the incoming Trump administration.
Altman told a New York Times conference Wednesday that he 鈥渕ay turn out to be wrong鈥� but he strongly believes that Musk will do the right thing.
"It would be profoundly un-American to use political power, to the degree that Elon has it, to hurt your competitors and advantage your own businesses," Altman said. "And I don鈥檛 think people would tolerate that. I don鈥檛 think Elon would do it.鈥�
Musk, an early OpenAI investor and board member, sued the artificial intelligence company earlier this year alleging that the maker of ChatGPT betrayed its founding aims of benefiting the public good rather than pursuing profits. Musk recently escalated the lawsuit by asking a federal judge to stop to convert itself into a for-profit business more fully.
Musk has also started his own rival AI company, xAI, that Altman said he considers a serious competitor.
President-elect Donald Trump is putting Musk, the world鈥檚 richest man, and , an entrepreneur and former Republican presidential candidate, Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, which is an outside advisory committee that will work with people inside the government to reduce spending and regulations.
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