Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk have been at odds on a range of topics for more than four years, from aerospace to artificial intelligence. The two business titans, who run Facebook, and Tesla and SpaceX, respectively, haven’t exactly concealed their rivalry. Musk remains enthusiastic about competing against Zuckerberg, despite being pleased with Meta’s most recent AI model. Musk stated that he was prepared to fight him “any place, any time, any rules.”
The billionaire visited Capitol Hill to see Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speak before Congress. “I’ll fight Zuckerberg any place, any time, any rules,” Musk told the media. The video of the same has been making rounds on social media.
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The video has over 3 lakh views on Instagram.
A user commented, “This will be crazy if it happens.”
Majority of the comments were favouring Zuckerberg.
A user stated, “Zuck can really fight though…Elon doesn’t stand a chance.”
Another user tagging Zuckerberg said, “Whoever wins will be crowned reigning, defending, undisputed, champion of the billionaires.”
A third user said, “No he won’t. Zuckerberg would destroy him.”
The rivalry between Musk and Zuckerberg began sometime in 2016 when a Facebook satellite was damaged by a SpaceX rocket explosion. At a launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida, SpaceX conducted a Falcon 9 rocket test in September 2016. Facebook’s AMOS-6 satellite, which was intended to travel into orbit on board the rocket, was destroyed when it burst.
Zuckerberg reacted angrily, stating that he was “deeply disappointed” by SpaceX’s failure, Time reported at that time.
Musk replied to reporter Kerry Flynn via Twitter two years after the launch attempt went wrong.
Musk said, “Yeah, my fault for being an idiot.” “We did give them a free launch to make up for it and I think they had some insurance.”
Yeah, my fault for being an idiot. We did give them a free launch to make up for it and I think they had some insurance.— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 23, 2018
In 2017, Musk appeared to take offence at remarks made by Zuckerberg on his thoughts on artificial intelligence in Facebook Live.
Following the Cambridge Analytica incident on Facebook in 2018, Musk deleted SpaceX and Tesla’s Facebook profiles.
In early 2020, Musk persisted in his anti-Facebook crusade.
Musk posted Facebook-related memes on Twitter in the wake of the rioting at the US Capitol.
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