Sam Altman says Elon Musk can come to his GPT 5.5 party: ‘World needs more love’

• Sam Altman is hosting a party to celebrate OpenAI’s GPT-5.5.

• Altman said Elon Musk could come ‘if he wants’.

• The two AI leaders have a long-running feud and are in the middle of a federal legal battle.

OpenAI CEO after fighting in court this week Sam Altman On Saturday, he made a surprising gesture to his rival Elon Musk, although not with all his might.

OpenAI is planning a small celebration on May 5 for the release of its latest model, GPT-5.5. Altman shared an online form for those interested in RSVPing and said OpenAI’s coding representative, Codex, will help the company select people from the responses.

Registration closed quickly, and Altman later said he would plan larger parties in the future.

It’s unlikely Musk will throw his name in the ring for one of these limited invitations, but Altman said at X that the former OpenAI co-founder “could come if he wants.”

“The world needs more love,” Altman added.

That courtesy came a few days later from presiding U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers. their legal struggleHe warned both tech executives to “control your tendency to use social media to make matters worse outside the courtroom.”

Musk and Altman have been in an ideological battle for years.

The tech moguls founded OpenAI in 2015, but Musk left in 2018 following disagreements over the company’s management and leadership, particularly over security.

Since then, Musk has repeatedly criticized OpenAI — particularly for what he describes as a shift from an open-source nonprofit mission to one focused on commercialization and profit — while launching his own rival AI company, xAI.

Their rivalry escalated from public fisticuffs to serious legal disputes. Musk filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, Altman and other co-founders in March 2024, upon the company’s instruction. Musk said OpenAI and its other founders broke the original agreement.

In late April, the dispute moved to a high-profile federal hearing in Oakland. Musk and Altman They are testifying now. Proceedings had already become tense, with Musk clashing with OpenAI’s lawyer before the judge stepped in.

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