Elon Musk
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Sues OpenAI

Elon Musk, the owner of X (Twitter), has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, an artificial intelligence (AI) research organization he co-founded with Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, alleging they breached their founding agreement.

Filing the suit in a San Francisco court, he claims they have: shifted away from their non-profit mission of developing AI for humanity’s benefit; become profit-driven, particularly through collaboration with Microsoft; and commercialized their Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) research, violating their commitment to open-source technology.

Mr. Musk argues this contradicts his initial donations and the agreement to make AI technology publicly available. He specifically focuses on OpenAI allegedly becoming a closed-source Microsoft subsidiary and the development and licensing of GPT-4, which he considers true AGI.

The lawsuit seeks to: force OpenAI to return to its non-profit mission; prevent them from monetizing technologies developed as a non-profit; have courts recognize GPT-4 as AGI; and possibly reclaim his donations if OpenAI is deemed for-profit.

This case highlights concerns about OpenAI’s shift and the ethical implications of developing and deploying advanced AI, especially when transitioning from non-profit to for-profit models.

Share

You may also like...