If you read that, quote again, he is saying "how can you quantify safety in a card?"
Everyone familiar with LLM research understands what is meant by “card”.
He was being obtuse to try to dodge the question and simultaneously give performance for his fans.
‘Savitt asked Musk if his artificial intelligence company, xAI, had ever “distilled” technology from OpenAI. Distillation is way of using one A.I. technology to create another, and it is not allowed by OpenAI’s terms of service.
“Generally A.I. companies distill other A.I. companies,” Musk answered.
Distillation has become an increasingly important issue as companies like OpenAI and Anthropic have complained that Chinese companies are distilling their systems.’
He doesn't.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/09/grok-u...
Elon lies more often than he tells the truth; why would you believe anything he says, especially if what he is saying indicates concern for anybody else's well being? He doesn't care about other people and likely is incapable of doing so.