Posted 3/1/2024, 9:59:12 PM
Musk Sues OpenAI for Abandoning Non-Profit Mission, Keeping AI Research Private
- Elon Musk sues OpenAI and its CEO for allegedly abandoning original mission to develop AI for humanity's benefit, not profit
- Lawsuit alleges OpenAI founders originally agreed to make non-profit focused on artificial general intelligence
- Musk claims OpenAI has instead focused on making money through deals like licensing GPT-4 to Microsoft
- Musk seeking court ruling to compel OpenAI to make research public, prevent financial gains from AI like GPT-4
- Musk now runs own AI startup xAI, seen as competitor to OpenAI offerings like ChatGPT