Elon Musk Sues OpenAI Over Shift to For-Profit AI
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Elon Musk sues OpenAI, Sam Altman, and others for shifting from non-profit mission to for-profit model focused on commercializing AI capabilities with Microsoft
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Lawsuit alleges OpenAI betrayed original agreement to develop AI that benefits humanity, not maximize profits
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Musk donated over $44 million to OpenAI from 2016-2020 and was largest early contributor
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Lawsuit seeks to compel OpenAI to adhere to original public-minded mission and bar monetizing technologies meant to benefit humanity
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Musk requests injunctions and accounting of donations, argues advanced AI models like GPT-4 constitute AGI that reaches beyond licensing agreements