OpenAI filed a countersuit towards Elon Musk on Wednesday, saying on X that “Elon’s nonstop actions towards us are simply bad-faith techniques to decelerate OpenAI and seize management of the main AI improvements for his private profit.”
Within the lawsuit, OpenAI’s legal professionals argue that “Musk’s continued assaults on OpenAI, culminating most not too long ago within the faux takeover bid designed to disrupt OpenAI’s future, should stop. Musk must be enjoined from additional illegal and unfair motion, and held chargeable for the harm he has already prompted.”
Musk, who was a part of the preliminary founding crew at OpenAI, initially sued final spring, saying he wished to pressure the corporate to “return to its mission to develop AGI for the advantage of humanity” as an alternative of pursuing income. (The Verge’s editor-in-chief, Nilay Patel, discovered Musk’s authorized case towards OpenAI “hilariously dangerous.”)
Earlier this yr, Musk additionally supplied $97.4 billion to purchase OpenAI, saying in a press release that “it’s time for OpenAI to return to the open-source, safety-focused pressure for good it as soon as was.” OpenAI’s board of administrators unanimously rejected the supply, which as we speak’s submitting referred to as a “sham bid.”
Disclosure: The Verge’s guardian firm, Vox Media, companions with OpenAI.
