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By 2019, OpenAI had pivoted to a hybrid profit model, fueling innovations and raising funds, yet diverging sharply from Musk's vision of open-source AI. When Musk launched XAI in 2023 as an anti-woke, open-source alternative to OpenAI, it became a direct ideological challenge. Altman mocked Musk’s stance on free speech during this period, and the rivalry intensified further.