Sam Altman invites Elon Musk to OpenAI GPT-5.5 party

13 articles · Updated · Business Insider · May 3

The May 5 celebration is a small event, with RSVPs handled through an online form and attendees partly selected by OpenAI coding agent Codex.
Altman said Musk "could come if he wants to" after US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers warned both men to curb social media posts during their federal trial in Oakland.
The feud dates to OpenAI's 2015 founding and Musk's 2018 exit; Musk sued OpenAI and Altman in 2024 over its shift from nonprofit roots toward commercialization.

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