{"slug": "sam-altman-accuses-elon-musk-of-selling-investors-a-sci-fi-fantasy-as-ai-feud", "title": "Sam Altman accuses Elon Musk of selling investors a sci-fi fantasy as AI feud explodes", "summary": "OpenAI CEO Sam Altman accused Elon Musk of overselling SpaceX's AI ambitions, claiming Musk is misleading public investors about the feasibility of orbital AI data centers. The clash escalated as Musk promoted plans for AI infrastructure in space, drawing skepticism from experts due to technical and financial hurdles. The feud underscores the fierce competition in AI, with Musk betting on space-based AI and Altman challenging those claims.", "body_md": "# Sam Altman accuses Elon Musk of selling investors a sci-fi fantasy as AI feud explodes\n\n- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman accused\n[Elon Musk](/voices/joe-rogan-rupert-lowe-podcast-dunblane-b3012793.html)of overselling[SpaceX's](/tech/openai-gpt-56-sol-models-launch-sol-terra-luna-b3011309.html)AI ambitions, claiming the billionaire is trying to convince public investors that orbital AI data centers are closer to reality than they actually are. - The latest clash erupted after Musk promoted plans for AI infrastructure in space, including massive satellite networks designed to power artificial intelligence, an idea that has drawn skepticism from some experts due to the technical and financial hurdles involved.\n- Altman's comments mark another escalation in the long-running feud between the OpenAI co-founder and Musk, who left the company in 2018 before launching rival AI firm xAI and later suing OpenAI over its direction.\n- The dispute comes as SpaceX prepares for what could become one of the biggest public offerings in history, making Musk's AI vision increasingly important to investors weighing the company's future growth prospects.\n- The war of words underscores the fierce battle for dominance in artificial intelligence, with Musk betting on combining SpaceX's space infrastructure with xAI, while Altman continues to challenge both the technology and the claims surrounding Musk's vision.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/sam-altman-accuses-elon-musk-of-selling-investors-a-sci-fi-fantasy-as-ai-feud", "canonical_source": "https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/elon-musk-sam-altman-feud-b3013835.html", "published_at": "2026-07-13 11:36:34+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-13 11:43:06.603271+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-infrastructure", "ai-startups", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Sam Altman", "Elon Musk", "OpenAI", "SpaceX", "xAI"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/sam-altman-accuses-elon-musk-of-selling-investors-a-sci-fi-fantasy-as-ai-feud", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/sam-altman-accuses-elon-musk-of-selling-investors-a-sci-fi-fantasy-as-ai-feud.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/sam-altman-accuses-elon-musk-of-selling-investors-a-sci-fi-fantasy-as-ai-feud.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/sam-altman-accuses-elon-musk-of-selling-investors-a-sci-fi-fantasy-as-ai-feud.jsonld"}}