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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Technology
Jim Manzon

Elon Musk Accuses Sam Altman of Trying to Steal Apple's iPhone Tech as AI Billionaire Feud Escalates

Elon Musk and Sam Altman co-founded OpenAI in 2015 before a bitter split that has spilled into courtrooms and stock portfolios (Credit: Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons)

Elon Musk and Sam Altman are hurling insults at each other again, but this time millions of ordinary Americans have retirement money riding on both men.

The latest round erupted after Apple sued OpenAI on 10 July, accusing the ChatGPT maker of stealing its hardware secrets. Musk pounced on X, branding his rival 'Scam Altman' and claiming he had graduated from 'stealing an open source AI charity' to trying to steal all of Apple's phone technology.

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