2024-03-02 14:08:11
Elon Musk sued OpenAI, along with its co-founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman and related entities. He accuses the creators of ChatGPT of violating their original contractual agreements: seeking profit and not living up to the founding mission of the nonprofit, which was to develop artificial intelligence that advances humanity.
Musk, a co-founder and early backer of OpenAI, says that when Altman and Brockman convinced him to help found and fund the startup in 2015, they promised that it would be a non-profit organization. According to the founding agreement, OpenAI to the public “freely accessible” had to do its technology.
Contents of Musk’s lawsuit
It was filed late Thursday in a San Francisco court earning according to OpenAI has moved to a profit-oriented modelwhich is focused on commercializing AGI’s research after partnering with Microsoft, which invested about $13 billion in the startup.
“But in reality, OpenAI, Inc. has morphed into a closed source de facto subsidiary of the world’s largest technology company, Microsoft. Under his new directorship, he will not only develop, but actually refine AGI to maximize Microsoft’s profits instead of benefiting humanity” the lawsuit adds. – “This is a serious violation of the founding agreement.”
According to the legal complaint, between 2016 and September 2020, Musk more than He donated $44 million to the nonprofit organization, and was OpenAI’s biggest supporter for the first few years. Later, he received an offer for a share in the profit-oriented branch of the startup, but he refused it on principle.
Altman has previously addressed some of Musk’s concerns, including his close relationship with Microsoft: “I like the guy, but I think he’s completely wrong about this” Musk said about his criticism at a conference last year. – “Whatever you say, I’m proud of what we’re doing, and I think we’re going to make a positive contribution to the world, and I’m trying to stay on top of that.”
The lawsuit also mentions GPT-4, which Musk claims constitutes an AGI (artificial general intelligence) — an AI with at least human-like intelligence, if not greater. He claims that OpenAI and Microsoft incorrectly licensed GPT-4 despite agreeing that OpenAI’s AGI capabilities will benefit humanity.
With the lawsuit, Musk wants OpenAI to stick to its original mission and prevents the monetization of their technologies developed within a non-profit framework for the benefit of OpenAI executives or partners, such as Microsoft.
The lawsuit also asks the court to find that AI systems like GPT-4 and other advanced models under development actually constitute artificial general intelligence beyond the scope of the license agreements. Also, Musk also requests an accounting and possible refund from donations intended to fund research in the public interest, if the court finds that the nonprofit is now operating for private profit.
“Mr. Altman has chosen a new board that does not have the same technical expertise or any significant background in managing AI that the previous board originally possessed. Mr. D’Angelo, a tech CEO and entrepreneur, was the only member of the previous board who remained after Mr. Altman’s return. New board members more likely to have experience in for-profit businesses or politics than AI ethics and governance” the lawsuit adds.
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