OpenAI was founded in 2015 with Musk as an early investor and supporter, and the belief that it would act as a guardian for people across the globe against the potential threats of AI. However, Musk left the board in 2018 when Altman proposed starting a for-profit component. In 2019, Microsoft invested $13 billion in OpenAI for 49% of the business, a move Musk sees as a violation of the company's core principles. AI expert Roman Yampolskiy supports Musk's lawsuit, stating that the current incarnation of OpenAI presents significant risks to humanity.
Key takeaways:
- Elon Musk has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, accusing them of breaking the company's founding agreement which stated it should remain a not-for-profit organization with no alignment with any single company.
- Musk alleges that OpenAI has become a closed-source subsidiary of Microsoft, developing artificial general intelligence (AGI) to maximize profits for Microsoft, rather than for the benefit of humanity.
- In the lawsuit, Musk is asking the court to compel OpenAI to make its technology and research open source and restrict the company from creating a for-profit business with Microsoft or any other company.
- Artificial intelligence expert Roman Yampolskiy supports Musk's lawsuit, stating that the current incarnation of OpenAI presents significant risks to humanity, especially with the potential development of AGI.