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Elon Musk woke up very happy three days ago when Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) sued OpenAI over claims that the AI giant took private hardware knowledge for new consumer devices. Since then, Elon has been publicly displaying his support for Apple in the case, on X, as one does. As Cryptopolitan reported previously, Apple says more than 400 former employees later joined OpenAI, naming former design executive Tang Tan as a key figure. Apple said Tang had asked employees seeking positions at OpenAI to bring genuine components, prototypes, and hardware to meetings where they can be demonstrated to others. Apple maintains that the components involved include circuits and designs for various pieces of hardware related to artificial intelligence products which are not yet available to consumers. Elon uses Apple’s lawsuit to attack Sam over OpenAI’s past Elon jumped on the allegations and said Sam had taken scamming to a “whole new level.” He later changed Sam’s name to “Scam Altman” and wrote, “He’s taken fraud to a whole new level.” Elon also brought back a photo from Sam’s May 2023 Senate hearing. Sam told lawmakers, “I do it because I love this work,” while explaining that he led OpenAI without salary or equity. Elon twisted that line into another insult. He wrote, “When he says ‘this work,’ he means fraud. He probably enjoys scamming more than anyone else in the world.” Sam answered by calling Elon “homeboy” and going after SpaceX’s planned data centers in orbit. He wrote, “You’re the one selling ‘pop-up shops’ like space data centers to public market investors.” The reply targeted Elon’s plan to place solar-powered AI computing systems in space. One way around the problem of electricity usage and heat generation is through SpaceX’s proposal. Besides, this would help SpaceX boost its valuation if the company…