There is Elon Musk changed his claim against OpenAI, adding more antitrust claims against the company and including Microsoft as a defendant. He also added xAI as plaintiffs, as well as former OpenAI board member and mother of three Shivonne Zilis. Musk first sued OpenAI in March accused founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman of undermining the organization’s nonprofit mission by merging with Microsoft. He withdrew The state court previously filed the lawsuit in June OpenAI and Altman sued again in federal court.
Musk was an early supporter of OpenAI, and one of his arguments was that he was “betrayed by Mr. Altman and his associates.” In response to his claim, OpenAI published old emails from 2015 to 2018 in a blog post, where it claimed that Musk was present in planning when a company first explores a transition to a for-profit structure. The founder of xAI allegedly wanted a majority stake, control of the initial board of directors and the position of CEO, and even offered to merge OpenAI with Tesla. Musk left the organization in 2018 before Microsoft invested its first billion in OpenAI. Since then, Microsoft has invested $13 billion in the generative artificial intelligence firm, and OpenAI has taken steps to complete its transformation. became a more traditional commercial company with a non-profit arm.
as TechCrunch The amended lawsuit notes that OpenAI “actively seeks to eliminate competitors,” including xAI, by promising investors not to fund them. xAI was harmed by OpenAI and Microsoft’s exclusive exchange of “competitively sensitive information.” Musk’s new complaint names LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and Microsoft vice president Dee Templeton as defendants for their ties to both OpenAI and Microsoft boards. As for why Zilis was named as a plaintiff, the suit says it’s because the former OpenAI board member and current Neuralink director has repeatedly raised concerns about OpenAI’s Musk-like deals.
