Musk sues OpenAI over pivot from non-profit AI safety mission
• Musk and Altman formed OpenAI in 2015 to develop safe artificial intelligence, but had a falling out when the company pivoted to a for-profit model backed by Microsoft.
• Musk lawsuit alleges OpenAI broke its founding mission and that its technologies like ChatGPT pose an "existential threat."
• OpenAI alleges Musk supported its commercial pivot and tried merging it with Tesla before leaving board in 2018.
• Experts doubt Musk's legal standing given loose handshake agreements underpinning OpenAI's formation.
• Once mentor and mentee, Musk and Altman's relationship soured as OpenAI eclipsed Musk's AI aspirations with ChatGPT's viral success.