When Sam Altman first told ABC News in March 2023 that he and his OpenAI colleagues were “a little bit scared” of just how good the artificial intelligence (AI) systems they were unleashing are, it sounded like a cautious scientist’s plea for sober guardrails.

Sam Altman has expressed a willingness to work with Elon Musk despite the duo being involved in a feud for some time.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has reached out to Elon Musk, suggesting they put aside their differences for the sake of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) development. This comes after Musk reacted to Altman's old anti-Trump posts on X.

Amid resurfaced political posts and past differences, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman extended a conciliatory message to Elon Musk on Saturday, 10 May 2025, signalling readiness to move beyond their long-standing rivalry for the greater cause of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI).

On May 10, Elon Musk reshared the interaction and reacted with an emoji. In response, Altman wrote, “We were both wrong, or at least I certainly was, but that was from 2016 and this was from 2022." He shared a report by the Guardian titled “Elon Musk hits back at Trump and says ex-president should ‘hang up his hat’.”

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman became a household name after the release of OpenAI's groundbreaking AI model, ChatGPT.

When interacting with AI like ChatGPT, many users instinctively add polite phrases such as "thank you" after receiving answers. According to CEO Sam Altman,

Amid a history of public disputes, Sam Altman offered a conciliatory note after Elon Musk shared a 2016 post about Donald Trump, saying it was time to move on.

The C.E.O. of OpenAI helped usher artificial intelligence into public life. Now, as fears and fortunes mount, his own transformation is just beginning.