OpenAI Co-founder Says of Musk Confrontation: 'I Thought He Was Going to Hit Me'

OpenAI Co-founder on Musk: ‘I Thought He Was Going to Hit Me’

An OpenAI co-founder has described a tense confrontation with Elon Musk in a BBC interview, saying he feared physical violence during a heated exchange over the AI lab’s future direction.

The clash highlights the intensifying power struggle within the AI industry. Musk was a co-founder of OpenAI but later left to establish competing xAI. The confrontation reportedly occurred at a private meeting on AI safety.