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Tom’s Hardware
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Hassam Nasir

Elon Musk alleges Sam Altman 'stole a non-profit' as AI bros spat over cancelled Tesla Roadster order

Sam Altman and Elon Musk at a Vanity Fair event back in the day.

Yesterday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman took to X — Elon Musk's platform — to post three screenshots telling a story about how his 2018 order for the next-gen Tesla Roadster was mishandled. Altman emailed to cancel his reservation after several years of delays, asking for the $50,000 security deposit to be issued back to him, only to find out that the email address for reservations was seemingly no longer operational.

Musk, in a fiery reply, said "you stole a non-profit," following it up with another reply claiming how the order was refunded within 24 hours but that it's in Altman's "nature" to mislead. This exchange was symbolic of the world's richest man's general sentiment toward his former partner, stoking the fires of a bitter rivalry between these two AI bros once again.

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