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Elon Musk sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over 'betrayal' of non-profit AI mission | TechCrunch::Elon Musk has sued OpenAI, its co-founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman and affiliated entities, alleging the ChatGPT makers have breached their original Elon Musk sued OpenAI, its co-founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman and affiliated entities for allegedly breaching their original contractual agreements.

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[-] notannpc@lemmy.world 23 points 8 months ago

I didn’t realize he was still capable of doing a half decent thing. Though I’m sure there’s something in it for him that we aren’t seeing.

[-] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 16 points 8 months ago

If he takes down the leader, his AI startup and Tesla will be better positioned.

[-] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 21 points 8 months ago
[-] tmijail@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago

Broken clocks, etc

[-] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 3 points 8 months ago
[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 3 points 8 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Elon Musk has sued OpenAI, its co-founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman and affiliated entities, alleging the ChatGPT makers have breached their original contractual agreements by pursuing profits instead of the non-profit’s founding mission to develop AI that benefits humanity.

Musk, a co-founder and early backer of OpenAI, claims Altman and Brockman convinced him to help found and bankroll the startup in 2015 with promises it would be a non-profit focused on countering the competitive threat from Google.

Musk, who left OpenAI’s board in 2018, has been offered a stake in the for-profit arm of the startup but has refused to accept it over a principled stand, he said earlier.

OpenAI’s launch of ChatGPT in late 2022 sparked an AI arms race, with rivals still scrambling to match its uncannily human-like responses.

The suit also requests the court rule AI systems like GPT-4 and other advanced models in development constitute artificial general intelligence that reaches beyond licensing agreements.

In addition to injunctions forcing OpenAI’s hand, Musk asks for accounting and potential restitution of donations meant to fund its public-minded research should the court find it now operates for private gain.


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