Advice to stay away from ChatGPT, war reaches to Grok and Tesla, Elon Musk vs Sam Altman face to face again

ChatGPT Controversy: Once again in the world of technology Elon Musk And Sam Altman The tension between them has come to the fore. This ongoing dispute regarding Artificial Intelligence has now become an issue of debate from social media to global tech. Recently, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, while sharing a post on microblogging platform X, advised people to stay away from OpenAI’s popular AI tool ChatGPT. As soon as this statement came to light, OpenAI co-founder and CEO Sam Altman also did not remain silent and retaliated in sharp words.

The debate started with ChatGPT, reached Tesla and Grok

The controversy deepened when Elon Musk responded to a post by DogeDesigner on X. In this post it was claimed that 9 people have died due to the use of ChatGPT, out of which in 5 cases people committed suicide after interacting with AI. Quoting this post, Musk advised people to stay away from ChatGPT, after which the matter spread like wildfire.

Don’t let your loved ones use ChatGPT

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 20, 2026

Sam Altman’s sharp attack

Sam Altman also reacted sharply to this advice of Elon Musk. Re-posting the post, he wrote, ‘Approximately one billion people use ChatGPT, some of whom may be in a fragile mental state. We take this responsibility seriously, but these are tragic situations that need to be handled with respect” Sam Altman then raised the issue of Tesla’s autopilot system, directly targeting Elon Musk.

Sometimes you complain about ChatGPT being too restrictive, and then in cases like this you claim it’s too relaxed. Almost a billion people use it and some of them may be in very fragile mental states. We will continue to do our best to get this right and we feel huge…

—Sam Altman (@sama) January 20, 2026

Tesla Autopilot and Grok AI also targeted

Sam Altman sarcastically wrote that more than 50 people have died in autopilot-related accidents. He said he had only driven in a car with Autopilot once and his first thought was that it was not safe at all for Tesla to release it.

Not only this, Altman also put Elon Musk’s Grok AI in the dock. He reminded that recently Grok AI has been embroiled in controversies due to allegations of making objectionable pictures of women.

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A big debate broke out on the responsibility of AI

This conflict has once again raised the question, whose responsibility is it for AI tools, the creators or the users? This battle between Elon Musk and Sam Altman is not just between two individuals, but has become a part of the ongoing global debate about the future of AI and its limitations.