OpenAI To Cut Off AI Models For SpaceX-owned Cursor

OpenAI announced on Friday that it intends to cease supplying AI models to Cursor, a coding tool company currently owned by SpaceX, as reported by Reuters. The decision stemmed from concerns over SpaceX's potential misuse of OpenAI's technology, given past contract violations by Elon Musk's companies, according to OpenAI in a blog post.

Michael Truell, a co-founder of Cursor and now a SpaceX executive, revealed on X that the company was engaged in discussions with OpenAI to resolve the matter. Following OpenAI's announcement, Anthropic, a rival to both firms but collaborating with SpaceX, announced plans to boost compute resources to support its Claude models for Cursor, as per Tom Brown, one of Cursor's co-founders.

OpenAI's blog post further stated that X, formerly known as Twitter and now a SpaceX entity, had violated the terms of its contract with OpenAI following Musk's acquisition of the platform. OpenAI typically utilizes bespoke contracts when collaborating with large partners like SpaceX to ensure adherence to its terms of service and to ensure safety at scale.

Elon Musk responded on X.com on Saturday, stating that he did not care about the situation and accusing OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman and President Greg Brockman of being untrustworthy. Musk reiterated his claim that they had stolen an open-source nonprofit.