【Openai Worries That Musk Could Use His Political Power To Influence Industry Competition】 December 15, According To The Financial Times, Sam Altman Said At A New York Times Conference Last Week: "I Firmly Believe That Elon Will Do The Right Thing. If Political Power Is Used To Hurt Competitors And Benefit His Own Business, It Will Be Extremely UN-American Behavior." Trump Himself Has Said That Musk Will Put National Interests Above Corporate Interests, And Musk Said On His Social Media Platform X That Competitors Are "Right" To Expect Him To Be Magnanimous. "No One Will Believe This," Said A Lawyer Who Once Angered Musk. In 2015, Musk And Altman Co-Founded Openai, And Now Their Relationship Has Broken Down. Musk Described Altman As "Sam The Liar" And Filed A Lawsuit Against Altman And Openai, Accusing Them Of "Lying" While Seeking To Cancel Its Multi-Billion Dollar Business Partnership With Microsoft. Reid Hoffman, Founder Of Linkedin And A Board Member At Microsoft, Openai’S Biggest Backer, Said He Was “Certainly Concerned” That Musk’S Hostility Toward Altman Would Manifest Itself In Trump’S Ai Policies. “Obviously, People Of Integrity And Character Would Say That Since I’M Involved In These Types Of Lawsuits, I Should Distance Myself From The Government’S Operations On These Things,” Hoffman Said, Adding That It “Suggests Potentially Dangerous Shortsightedness And Dangerous Conflicts Of Interest” If Musk Blurs The Lines Between His Personal Views And The Larger Geopolitical Rules And Structures.But People Close To Musk Say He Is Too Principled To Use His New Role To Impose Onerous Regulations On Openai, And That It Would Make No Sense To Do So Given That His Job As Co-Chair Of The U.S.’S New “Ministry Of Government Effectiveness” Is To Find Ways To Cut Regulations. One Person Who Has Invested In Musk And Altman’S Companies Said: “You’Ll See A Lot Of Red Tape Cut Out And Openai Will Have A Streamlined Process To Quickly Get Its Data Centers Up And Running. It Will Apply To All Its Competitors As Well.”However, According To An Investor In One Of Musk’S Companies, Musk Could Use His Central Position In The New Administration To Promote Xai, And Hoffman, A Former Openai Board Member, Speculated That Musk Could Use His Position To Slow Down Xai’S Competitors