The lawsuit particularly focuses on OpenAI's language model, GPT-4, which Musk claims is being used primarily to serve Microsoft's commercial interests rather than being open-source. Musk is seeking a court order to force OpenAI to return to its non-profit, open-source status and to prevent co-founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman from using OpenAI or its assets for their or Microsoft's financial gain. OpenAI has yet to comment on the lawsuit.
Key takeaways:
- Elon Musk has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, claiming it has breached its contract and should revert to being a non-profit organization.
- OpenAI transitioned from a non-profit to a for-profit company in 2019, and received a $10 billion investment from Microsoft in 2023.
- Musk's lawsuit argues that OpenAI's co-founders agreed on the company being a nonprofit developing artificial general intelligence as open-source, for the benefit of humanity, but it has instead become a closed-source subsidiary of Microsoft.
- The lawsuit requests the court to issue an order forcing OpenAI to become a nonprofit creating open-source software again, and to prohibit its co-founders from using OpenAI or its assets for their financial benefits, or the benefits of Microsoft or other entities.