OpenAI CEO Sam Altman rejected a potentially seismic deal that could shape the future of artificial intelligence, telling the Elon Musk-led group of investors that the ChatGPT maker is not for sale.

In an interview with Bloomberg, Altman says OpenAI is “not for sale” and the bid is the latest of “tactics, many, many lawsuits, all sorts of other crazy stuff, now this” for the “competitor” Musk to “slow us down.

Sam Altman is leaving no room for doubt about his views on an Elon Musk-led bid to take control of OpenAI. In a letter to OpenAI staff Monday, the CEO put the words “bid” and “deal” in scare quotes and said the startup’s board has no interest in the offer.

Sam Altman said that Elon Musk’s “insecurity” was a factor in his decision to make a hostile $97.4 billion bid to take control of OpenAI.

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The OpenAI CEO quickly rejected the deal on Musk’s X platform, saying, “no thank you but we will buy Twitter for $9.74 billion if you want.”

On Monday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman publicly rejected an unsolicited Elon Musk-led attempt to purchase OpenAI for $97.4 billion. The Wall Street Journal reports that the offer was backed by Musk's own company, xAI, in addition to several investors in Musk's other businesses.

Sam Altman is pushing back on an unsolicited bid made by Elon Musk and a group of investors to buy the nonprofit that controls OpenAI. The $97.4 billion bid, made by Musk's AI company, xAI, and backed by several investment firms, deepens the ongoing battle between Musk and Altman over OpenAI, which they co-founded in 2015.