Musk Sues OpenAI Seeking Control; Emails Reveal True Motives
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Musk sued OpenAI, the AI company he co-founded, to try to force it back to its original non-profit mission of helping humanity
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Musk's lawsuit seemed like it could disrupt OpenAI's partnership with Microsoft and force more transparency
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OpenAI responded by releasing Musk's old emails showing he originally wanted a for-profit, closed-source model he could control
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It became clear Musk was not actually interested in transparency or helping humanity, he was just upset he didn't control OpenAI
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Rather than having an unqualified billionaire "save" AI, we need real systemic change and democratic participation to shape the technology