Elon Musk has re-escalated his case against Sam Altman’s OpenAI, claiming it violated the founding contracts by favoring commercial interests.
The well-known American entrepreneur Elon Musk has garnered global attention again by re-escalating a lawsuit against Sam Altman’s OpenAI.
According to a recent report, the Tesla and SpaceX lead is once again suing the AI giant and its co-founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman for breaching the company’s founding contract.
With the refiling of the abovementioned lawsuit, the six-year-old feud that started with OpenAI’s partnership with Microsoft undergoes a new turn.
Elon Musk Sues OpenAI & Its Co-founders
Notably, the recent lawsuit claims that OpenAI breached its founding contract by putting commercial interests over the public good.
Musk’s latest lawsuit is a result of a lawsuit previously filed by the Tesla CEO on the same grounds, but it was subsequently withdrawn.
Elon Musk co-founded OpenAI alongside Altman and Greg, aiming for AI development for the public’s benefit.
However, Musk contends that the AI firm’s multibillion-dollar partnership with Microsoft has violated the original founding contract.
Intriguingly, the Tesla CEO had previously withdrawn the initial lawsuit without providing a rational explanation.
The recent lawsuit alleges that Musk was “betrayed by Mr. Altman and his accomplices,” implicating the AI firm’s priority of commercial interests.
Additionally, the lawsuit asserts that Sam Altman and Greg failed to fulfill their commitment to open-source the firm, instead offering Microsoft the exclusive license.
The lawsuit, which was filed in a federal court, also claims that the co-founders of OpenAI intentionally misled the Tesla CEO during the company’s development.
