Musk's lawsuit, filed at San Francisco Superior Court, alleges breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, and unfair business practices. He accuses OpenAI of refining an artificial general intelligence (AGI) to maximize profits for Microsoft, rather than for public benefit. Musk is seeking an injunction to prevent anyone, including Microsoft, from benefiting from OpenAI’s technology.
Key takeaways:
- Elon Musk is suing OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, alleging a betrayal of the company's founding aims of benefiting humanity rather than pursuing profits.
- Musk claims that OpenAI has violated its agreement to remain a non-profit and to make its code publicly available, instead becoming a 'closed-source de facto subsidiary' of Microsoft.
- According to the lawsuit, OpenAI is now developing an artificial general intelligence (AGI) to maximize profits for Microsoft, rather than for the benefit of humanity.
- Musk is suing for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and unfair business practices, and seeks an injunction to prevent anyone, including Microsoft, from benefiting from OpenAI’s technology.