Sam Altman Now Looks Like a Less Chaotic Foil to Elon Musk [Video]

Sam Altman is warring with Elon Musk. It’s unclear how their legal battle will pan out just yet, but if his recent interview with podcaster Lex Fridman is anything to go by, Altman may just be winning the PR game.

The OpenAI chief gave a close to two-hour-long interview on Fridman’s podcast, which aired on Monday. During the interview, Altman spoke to Fridman about various topics, including artificial general intelligence, his sudden ouster in 2023, comparisons between OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google, and Musk’s lawsuit against him.

During the interview, Altman made sure to pay Musk a fair share of compliments, calling him “amazing” and one of the “great builders of our time” — at least where tech’s concerned.

“The stuff about Elon is amazing and I super respect him. I think we need him,” Altman said. “All of us should be rooting for him and need him to step up as a …