Tech magnate Elon Musk believes that Microsoft’s continued support for OpenAI goes against the long-term interests of the Copilot creator.
In a new post on X, Musk says Sam Altman and OpenAI are angling to study Microsoft’s technology and expertise in order to become a direct competitor in the future.
“As I was saying, OpenAI will compete directly with Microsoft.”
His statement relates to a post where OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he dreads reading messages on Slack because they create “a lot of fake work.” Altman says he’s looking for a new type of AI agent that would solve most of the problems discussed on Slack while escalating issues when necessary.
In October, reports indicated that OpenAI deepened its partnership with Slack owner Salesforce, integrating its frontier models with Salesforce’s data-driven enterprise workflows across ChatGPT and Slack.
Adds Musk,
“At this point, it’s insanely suicidal for Microsoft to continue supporting OpenAI.”
In August, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced that the firm had launched OpenAI’s GPT-5 across its platforms, including Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot, GitHub Copilot and Azure AI Foundry. The announcement drew Musk’s attention, saying, “OpenAI is going to eat Microsoft alive.”
Microsoft is an early investor in Altman’s OpenAI, dropping $1 billion in 2019 and committing $10 billion in 2023. Following OpenAI’s corporate restructure, Microsoft owns about a 27% stake in OpenAI Group worth roughly $135 billion.
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