{"id":1482015,"date":"2024-08-06T22:50:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T02:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1482015"},"modified":"2024-08-06T22:50:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T02:50:00","slug":"elon-musk-revives-lawsuit-against-openai-and-co-founders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/elon-musk-revives-lawsuit-against-openai-and-co-founders\/1482015\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Revives Lawsuit Against OpenAI And Co-Founders"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elon Musk Revives Lawsuit Against OpenAI And Co-Founders<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by Chase Smith via The Epoch Times,<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, X, and SpaceX, has reignited a legal battle against OpenAI and its co-founders, Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, months after initially dropping his lawsuit.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The revived complaint<\/a>, filed Aug. 5 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, accuses the defendants of multiple counts, including fraud, breach of contract, and violations of federal civil racketeering laws.<\/p>\n

Musk had originally sued in February before dropping<\/a> the suit in June with no explanation given at the time.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Musk\u2019s revived lawsuit includes several allegations against OpenAI, Altman, and Brockman\u2014at the heart of which is a claim that Altman and Brockman \u201cintentionally courted and deceived\u201d Musk into co-founding OpenAI under false pretenses.<\/p>\n

Musk asserted in the 81-page suit that he was misled into believing that OpenAI would be a nonprofit organization focused on developing artificial intelligence (AI) technologies \u201cfor the benefit of humanity,\u201d operating as a counterbalance to for-profit tech giants.<\/p>\n

According to the lawsuit, OpenAI\u2019s co-founders allegedly manipulated Musk by making repeated promises and assurances that the organization would remain open-source and not driven by profit.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The suit defines \u201copen source\u201d as the practice of making AI technology and research freely accessible to the public, allowing for transparency and collaboration.<\/p>\n

\u201cAltman assured Musk that the non-profit structure guaranteed neutrality and a focus on safety and openness for the benefit of humanity, not shareholder value,\u201d the suit claimed. \u201cBut as it turns out, this was all hot-air philanthropy\u2014the hook for Altman\u2019s long con.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Musk claims that these representations were part of a scheme to attract significant funding and expertise, which he provided, including \u201ctens of millions of dollars\u201d and the recruitment of top AI scientists.<\/p>\n

The complaint further accuses Altman and Brockman of engaging in \u201crampant self-dealing\u201d and transforming OpenAI into a for-profit entity<\/strong> in partnership with Microsoft, thereby abandoning its original mission.<\/p>\n

Musk argued that OpenAI\u2019s pivot to a for-profit model has resulted in substantial unjust enrichment for the defendants, which he contends was at the expense of the nonprofit\u2019s mission.<\/p>\n

Company Responds to Lawsuit<\/h2>\n

OpenAI responded to the latest legal filing in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we said about Elon\u2019s initial legal filing, which was subsequently withdrawn, Elon\u2019s prior emails continue to speak for themselves,\u201d a spokesperson for the company told The Associated Press in an emailed statement.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

In March, OpenAI released emails purportedly written by Musk showing initial support for making the company for-profit to secure the necessary funding to compete with Google DeepMind. Musk also supported the idea of merging OpenAI with Tesla.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe may wish it otherwise, but, in my and [redacted]\u2019s opinion, Tesla is the only path that could even hope to hold a candle to Google. Even then, the probability of being a counterweight to Google is small. It just isn\u2019t zero,\u201d Musk wrote in an email dated Feb. 1, 2018.<\/em><\/p>\n

Musk\u2019s legal team has outlined several demands for relief, including compensatory and punitive damages, restitution, and surrendering ill-gained profits.<\/p>\n

The lawsuit seeks to impose a \u201cconstructive trust\u201d on the alleged ill-gotten gains of the defendants, <\/strong>demands an accounting of all profits derived from the purported misconduct, and requests a judicial declaration that the licensing agreement between OpenAI and Microsoft is \u201cnull and void\u201d or that certain OpenAI technologies fall outside the scope of this license.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the complaint seeks an injunction to prevent further harm, alleging that the defendants\u2019 actions have caused substantial injury to Musk\u2019s reputation and commercial interests, impacting his ability to recruit leading scientists.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nTue, 08\/06\/2024 – 18:50<\/span><\/p>\n

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