Musk's lawyers characterized Altman's initial outreach to Musk as him "testing the waters" to bring Musk's funding and connections on board. The lawsuit also alleges that executives at OpenAI "deceived" Musk into joining the startup by playing on his concerns about the existential risks of AI. Musk first sued OpenAI and its cofounders in March, dropped the lawsuit, and then filed a new complaint in August.
Key takeaways:
- Elon Musk has amended his lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman, adding Microsoft as a defendant and accusing them of forming a 'de facto merger' and engaging in anticompetitive practices in the AI sector.
- Musk unveiled emails between himself and Altman from 2015 discussing the formation of OpenAI as evidence in his lawsuit.
- Musk, who helped found OpenAI in 2015 and left in 2018, has frequently criticized the company and its leaders in the years since.
- Musk first sued OpenAI and its cofounders in March, alleging the company had abandoned its nonprofit mission by partnering with Microsoft, which has invested more than $13 billion in the company.