OpenAI fights back The company criticized Elon Musk in a blog post published on its website on Tuesday, responding to a lawsuit filed by one of the company's co-founders and former backers.
Last week, Musk filed a lawsuit in San Francisco against the company, CEO Sam Altman, and President Greg Brockman, alleging that the company has strayed from its mission to build responsible AI. In a post, OpenAI said it slammed Musk for his failed attempt to take the company under Tesla's ownership.
OpenAI wrote: “We are disappointed that this has happened to someone we deeply respect.” Even without him, we were able to make meaningful progress toward OpenAI's mission. ”
The billionaire Tesla CEO, who co-founded OpenAI and is no longer involved with the company, says in the lawsuit that the company's close relationship with Microsoft allows it to open source products without undue corporate influence. They argue that this undermined the company's original mission of developing technology.
“To this day, OpenAI's website continues to proclaim that its charter is to ensure that AGI 'benefits all humanity,'” the complaint states. “But in reality, OpenAI has turned into a closed-source de facto subsidiary of Microsoft, the world's largest technology company.”
AGI (artificial general intelligence) refers to a type of AI that does not yet exist, but could theoretically perform a variety of tasks better than humans.
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Musk is suing, alleging breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and unfair business practices. He filed a lawsuit in 2019 as a donor to the nonprofit parent organization, seeking to force San Francisco-based OpenAI to stop making profits to Microsoft and Altman personally. — (c) 2024 Bloomberg LP