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Elon Musk Files New Lawsuit Against OpenAI And Sam Altman
Elon Musk filed a new lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, on Monday, resuming his legal battles over artificial intelligence.
Elon, who co-founded OpenAI in 2015, sued the business in February, accusing it of forsaking its initial nonprofit objective and keeping some of its most sophisticated AI technology for private customers. He subsequently dismissed the case in June without explanation after OpenAI disclosed previous emails from Elon regarding OpenAI’s establishment.
Elon Musk Files New Lawsuit Against OpenAI And Sam Altman
The second case, filed against OpenAI, Altman, and co-founder Gregory Brockman, makes similar claims. While the original case was filed in California state court, the second one was filed in federal court in Northern California and is nearly twice as long. In contrast to the initial lawsuit, it includes allegations that OpenAI is participating in racketeering.
“This case exposes Defendants’ hot-air charity and holds them accountable for their misrepresentations to Elon and the public. It’s about more than just a $100 billion start-up; the future of AGI is at stake,” Musk’s lawyer Marc Toberoff said in a statement Monday.
After a high-profile leadership crisis last year, Altman was abruptly fired as CEO, only to be quickly reinstated, this time with Microsoft receiving a non-voting seat on OpenAI’s board. The IT stalwart has also made a multibillion-dollar investment in OpenAI.
Following regulatory scrutiny from Europe, Britain, and the United States, Microsoft dropped its observer status in July.
The 83-page lawsuit says OpenAI’s collaboration with Microsoft “flipped the narrative” on the company’s initial objective.
According to the complaint, “In partnership with Microsoft, Altman established an opaque web of for-profit OpenAI affiliates, engaged in rampant self-dealing, seized OpenAI, Inc.’s Board, and systematically drained the nonprofit of its valuable technology and personnel.”
CNN has contacted OpenAI for comment. However, in March, the corporation quickly criticized Musk’s original accusations, calling them “incoherent” and “frivolous,” and argued in court that the case should be dismissed. The business also published a blog post containing many of Elon’s early emails from OpenAI. The emails appeared to show Elon accepting the company’s need to generate substantial sums of money to support the computer capacity required to power its AI goals, which contradicted his lawsuit’s assertions that OpenAI was wrongfully pursuing profit.
Musk’s lawyers dismissed the lawsuit without explanation after the business revealed the emails.
Musk is one of many looking into OpenAI. The Federal Trade Commission is investigating OpenAI for potential violations of consumer protection laws. According to Reuters, the Securities and Exchange Commission is also looking into whether OpenAI investors were misled. In recent months, numerous high-profile OpenAI safety executives have left the company, with several publicly asserting that the corporation prioritized fast launching new products over safety.
The latest lawsuit alleges that Altman and Brockman “manipulated” Musk into co-founding OpenAI.
Elon Musk Files New Lawsuit Against OpenAI And Sam Altman
“Elon Musk’s case against Sam Altman and OpenAI is a textbook example of selflessness vs greed. “Altman, in collaboration with other Defendants, intentionally courted and deceived Musk, preying on Musk’s humanitarian concern about the existential dangers posed by artificial intelligence,” the lawsuit claimed.
The complaint proposes “a constructive trust on Defendants’ ill-gotten gains, property, and assets traceable to Musk’s significant contributions to OpenAI” and “a judicial determination that OpenAI, Inc.’s license to Microsoft is null and void.”
SOURCE | CNN
