Musk Calls Out OpenAI Chairman Altman, Links Twitter to ‘Extremely Left-Wing’ Leadership

According to 1M AI News, Musk posted today, referring to Twitter's pre-acquisition management as the "lunatic left," likening them to the character Wormtongue who misled the king in "The Lord of the Rings," stating that "firing Jack was the last straw, he was the final fortress," and then explicitly naming, "Now Bret Taylor is the Chairman of OpenAI..."

Reportedly, Bret Taylor, the Chairman of the OpenAI board, previously served as the Chairman of the Twitter board. During the 2022 Twitter acquisition by Musk, he led the negotiations with Musk. Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey resigned as CEO in November 2021 and stepped down from the board in May 2022. Following board turmoil in November 2023, Taylor was appointed as the new Chairman of the board and has held the position since.