The lawsuit centers around OpenAI’s latest natural language model, GPT-4, which Musk claims constitutes AGI. Musk alleges that OpenAI and Microsoft have improperly licensed GPT-4, despite agreeing that OpenAI’s AGI capabilities would remain non-profit and dedicated to humanity. Musk is seeking to compel OpenAI to adhere to its original mission and bar it from monetizing technologies developed under its non-profit for the benefit of OpenAI executives or partners like Microsoft. The suit also requests potential restitution of donations meant to fund its public-minded research if the court finds it now operates for private gain.
Key takeaways:
- Elon Musk has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, its co-founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, and affiliated entities, alleging that they have breached their original contractual agreements by pursuing profits instead of developing AI that benefits humanity.
- The lawsuit claims that OpenAI has shifted to a for-profit model focused on commercializing its AGI research with Microsoft, transforming it into a closed-source de facto subsidiary of Microsoft.
- Musk alleges that OpenAI and Microsoft have improperly licensed GPT-4, a natural language model that Musk claims constitutes AGI, despite agreeing OpenAI’s AGI capabilities would remain non-profit and dedicated to humanity.
- The lawsuit seeks to compel OpenAI to adhere to its original mission and bar it from monetizing technologies developed under its non-profit for the benefit of OpenAI executives or partners like Microsoft. It also requests potential restitution of donations meant to fund its public-minded research should the court find it now operates for private gain.