After Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella posted on X that OpenAI’s GPT-5 service is included in Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot, GitHub Copilot, and Azure AI Foundry, competitor Elon Musk wasted no time predicting that “OpenAI goes to eat Microsoft alive.”
OpenAI goes to eat Microsoft alive
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 7, 2025
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman dismissed Musk’s tweet throughout an look on CNBC’s “Squawk Field” on Friday with a brief: “You realize, I do not take into consideration him that a lot.”
Altman went on to notice that beforehand, Musk had nothing however criticism for OpenAI.
“I assumed he was simply, like, tweeting all day [on X] about how a lot OpenAI sucks, and our mannequin is unhealthy, and, you recognize, [we’re] not gonna be a great firm and all that,” Altman mentioned.
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Nadella took a way more playful strategy to Musk’s dire warning about Microsoft getting eaten alive, posting on X: “Individuals have been attempting for 50 years, and that is the enjoyable of it!”
Individuals have been attempting for 50 years and that is the enjoyable of it! Every day you study one thing new, and innovate, companion, and compete. Excited for Grok 4 on Azure and looking out ahead to Grok 5!
— Satya Nadella (@satyanadella) August 7, 2025
That is removed from the primary time these two tech leaders have clashed. The 2 cofounded OpenAI in 2015, and Musk left in 2018 after a disagreement over the course of the corporate’s mission.
Musk’s supply to amass management of OpenAI for $97.4 billion was denied by Altman earlier this yr, with Altman posting a snarky “No thanks, however we are going to purchase Twitter for $9.74 billion in order for you” observe on social media.
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After Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella posted on X that OpenAI’s GPT-5 service is included in Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot, GitHub Copilot, and Azure AI Foundry, competitor Elon Musk wasted no time predicting that “OpenAI goes to eat Microsoft alive.”
OpenAI goes to eat Microsoft alive
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 7, 2025
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