Altman responded to Musk's proposal to drop the lawsuit if OpenAI changed its name to "ClosedAI," stating that it indicated the seriousness of Musk's intentions. He also criticized Musk's decision to open-source the code for its chatbot Grok, suggesting it was hypocritical. Both OpenAI and Elon Musk have not responded to requests for comment from Business Insider.
Key takeaways:
- Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, believes Elon Musk's lawsuit against the company is not about the technology being open-source.
- Musk sued OpenAI, Altman, and cofounder Greg Brockman, claiming the company abandoned its original nonprofit mission through its structure and partnership with Microsoft.
- OpenAI's founders responded by publishing a series of emails suggesting Musk supported its pivot to a hybrid for-profit and non-profit model and wanted it to merge with Tesla.
- Altman criticized Musk's proposal to change the company's name to "ClosedAI" and accused him of being hypocritical for open sourcing the code for its chatbot Grok only after criticism.