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.

The Elon Musk versus Sam Altman feud continues to grow stronger as the OpenAI CEO on Tuesday hit out on the 'X' owner's "insecurity", saying that it was a factor in his decision to make a hostile bid for control of the AI tech firm.

"We hope to do it in partnership" with Jony Ive, a former chief design officer for Apple, OpenAI co-founder and CEO Sam Altman told Nikkei on Jan. 27. Altman is visiting Japan and plans to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday.