OpenAI said it would ask a judge in California on Friday to reject a request by billionaire Elon Musk to halt the with Musk on its website to argue that he initially backed for-profit status for OpenAI before walking away from the company after failing to get a majority equity stake and full control.
and others as defendants to his lawsuit, alleging OpenAI was scheming to sideline rivals and monopolize the market for generative artificial intelligence. OpenAI started as a nonprofit in 2014 and has become the face of generative AI through billions of dollars in funding from Microsoft. In October it closed a Elon Musk sued OpenA in August, claiming they violated contract provisions by putting profits ahead of the public good in the push to advance AI.
Sam Altman's OpenAI published a trove of emails and text messages with Elon Musk on its website to argue that he initially backed for-profit status for OpenAI before walking away from the company after failing to get a majority stake.Elon Musk sued OpenA in August, claiming they violated contract provisions by putting profits ahead of the public good in the push to advance AI.