Elon Musk has reignited his legal battle with OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, filing a new lawsuit that accuses the company of abandoning its original nonprofit mission. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Northern California, alleges that OpenAI has engaged in racketeering activity and seeks to void its license with Microsoft.
Musk, who co-founded OpenAI in 2015, claims that the company has betrayed its mission by pursuing profits and partnering with Microsoft. The lawsuit alleges that Altman and co-founder Gregory Brockman “courted and deceived” Musk, preying on his humanitarian concerns about the dangers of artificial intelligence.
The lawsuit is the latest development in the ongoing dispute between Musk and OpenAI. In February, Musk filed a similar lawsuit that was dropped in June without explanation. However, the new lawsuit is more extensive, spanning 83 pages and including claims of racketeering activity.
OpenAI has yet to comment on the lawsuit, but in March, the company mocked Musk’s original claims, calling them “incoherent” and “frivolous.” The company also published a blog post that included emails from Musk’s early days at OpenAI, which appeared to show Musk acknowledging the need for the company to make large sums of money to fund its AI ambitions.
The lawsuit seeks a constructive trust on OpenAI’s “ill-gotten gains, property, and assets” and a judicial determination that OpenAI’s license to Microsoft is null and void. Musk’s lawyers claim that OpenAI’s partnership with Microsoft “flipped the narrative” of the company’s original mission and established an “opaque web of for-profit OpenAI affiliates.”
The legal battle between Musk and OpenAI has significant implications for the future of artificial intelligence. As one of the leading AI research organizations, OpenAI’s actions will have far-reaching consequences for the industry.
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