OpenAI Ends Cursor Access After SpaceX Acquisition
Cursor loses direct OpenAI model access after its acquisition by SpaceX.
OpenAI announced it will terminate Cursor's direct access to its models on November 12. The move follows SpaceX's purchase of the AI coding tool. Replies to the announcement cite OpenAI's reference to prior contract violations involving Elon Musk. Posts note concerns over data distillation and competitive risks. Some users point to alternatives such as Replit offering OpenAI model access. The decision rests on OpenAI's stated experience with previous breaches rather than new claims in the conversation.
We’re ending our partnership with Cursor following its acquisition by SpaceX. Under our proposal, Cursor’s direct access to our models would end on November 12. We know that the people most affected by this decision are the developers who rely on OpenAI models in Cursor. We…
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Yuchen Jin@Yuchenj_UWNo OpenAI models in Cursor soon. Kinda expected, tbh.
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AC Andrew Curran@AndrewCurran_OpenAI has ended it's contract with Cursor following the SpaceX acquisition, and appear to have a small issue with the owner, a Mr Elon Musk.
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BR Bindu Reddy@bindureddyWow! OpenAI just revoked access to Cursor because Elon acquired them! Yikes, this just got very real 😳 The drama never ends in AI land
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MB Matthew Berman@MatthewBermanOpenAI doesn't want SpaceX training on their data. And specifically called out Elon Musk for breaking previous contracts!!
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HC Harrison Chase@hwchase17Models labs will create great harnesses and ecosystems for their models but will block model access to harnesses of other labs Only choice for a harness that works across models is one not associated with a lab Long live LangChain
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RK rat king 🐀@MikeIsaacwriting was on the wall for a while on this one from a competitive standpoint do developers get mad or was this to be expected/they don’t care?
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