Elon Musk refused the claim A judge in California state court against OpenAI will hear OpenAI’s motion to dismiss. Musk’s lawsuit, filed in February, accused OpenAI co-founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman of violating the company’s nonprofit status and instead prioritizing profits over using AI to help humanity.
Into 35 page suitMusk claimed OpenAI has become a “closed-source de facto subsidiary” of Microsoft, which has invested $13 billion in the company and owns a 49 percent stake. Microsoft is using OpenAI technology to power Copilot, the company’s generative artificial intelligence tools deeply integrated into products like Windows and Office.
It was OpenAI reported Musk asked for the lawsuit to be dismissed, arguing that he would use any resulting information to gain access to the company’s “proprietary records and technology.” The company also said it has no articles of incorporation to breach.
Alex Spiro, an attorney for OpenAI and Musk, did not respond to Engadget’s request for comment.
Musk, who co-founded OpenAI in 2015, left the company three years later after disagreements over the organization’s direction. He runs the AI startup Grok, which makes xAI a competitor to ChatGPT built on X and available to paid users. xAI recently raised $6 billion funding round from top investors including Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia Capital.
Monday, Musk he said Apple has said it will ban Apple devices from its company after it integrates ChatGPT into its operating systems through a partnership with OpenAI.
