Musk and Altman are trading barbs on X as Apple's OpenAI lawsuit heats up their rivalry

Elon Musk called Sam Altman "Scam Altman" after Apple sued OpenAI for trade secret theft; Altman fired back over SpaceX's space datacenter plans

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Elon Musk and Sam Altman spent part of their weekend exchanging public insults on X $TWTR after Apple $AAPL sued OpenAI on Friday over alleged trade secret theft, reigniting one of tech's most public executive rivalries.

The lawsuit gave Musk, who helms SpaceX and its xAI unit, fresh ammunition to dust off his long-standing "Scam Altman" nickname for the OpenAI chief. "He takes scamming to a whole new level," Musk wrote, according to CNBC. Separately, Musk linked the lawsuit to his own prior legal claims, writing that Altman had gone from "stealing an open source AI charity" to........

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