Elon Musk
Elon Musk.
  • Elon Musk cofounded OpenAI – the ChatGPT creator – before leaving in 2018.
  • He reportedly called one intern a "jackass" after he questioned his decision to pursue AGI at Tesla.
  • And an OpenAI executive later had a "jackass" trophy made for the intern to commemorate the quarrel.

Elon Musk reportedly called an intern at OpenAI a "jackass" after he questioned whether Musk had thought through plans to develop AI tech at Tesla, The Wall Street Journal reported.