OpenAI's Altman rejects Musk's offer, saying 'We are not for sale'

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he has rejected Elon Musk's offer to acquire the firm behind ChatGPT, intensifying the ongoing rift between the two figures.

On Tuesday, a consortium of investors led by Elon Musk proposed to buy the non-profit that runs OpenAI for approximately 97.4 billion U.S. dollars in an attempt to take control of its research and strategic decisions.

However, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman declined the offer, saying it was "ridiculous" and that it was "not for sale." Instead, he suggested buying the social platform X, which is owned by Musk.

Musk, who co-founded OpenAI in 2015, left the organization in 2018 and has since been highly critical of its direction. His ongoing legal battle with OpenAI claims that the company abandoned its founding mission by partnering with Microsoft and is shifting toward a for-profit model.