The war between Elon Musk and Sam Altman continues

Tension is therefore at its peak between Elon Musk and Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI.

In response to the lawsuit filed by Musk on February 29, OpenAI announced a countersuit, accusing the owner of X of carrying out malicious campaigns against the organization to its 200 million subscribers on the platform.

According to CNN, OpenAI accuses Elon Musk of having used abusive legal proceedings and of having presented a fictitious and unsolicited takeover bid for the company.

Open AI claims that Musk has made multiple attempts to harm OpenAI and asks the court to stop him from continuing his attacks, while holding him responsible for the damage already caused.

Recall that Elon Musk has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing it of having betrayed its founding non-profit mission by favoring commercial interests, particularly through its partnership with Microsoft.

Musk blames the organization for having abandoned open and transparent research for the sake of lucrative considerations, in violation of their initial agreement.

Elon Musk reproaches OpenAI for having ignored his $97.4 billion takeover offer, submitted earlier this year. In response, Sam Altman had irony by stating: ‘No thanks, but we can buy Twitter for $9.74 billion if you want.’

According to his lawyers, if the OpenAI board of directors had actually reviewed the offer, as they were required to, they would have recognized his seriousness.

Sam Altman replied to Elon Musk on his own media platform, stating that the latter’s relentless attacks on OpenAI are just bad-faith maneuvers aimed at hindering the company and appropriating major advances in artificial intelligence for personal gain. The jury trial is scheduled for March 16, 2026.