war legal between Elon Musk And OpenAIcreator of chatgptIt gets worse. start-up of artificial intelligence This Friday he published a series of until now hidden emails, which revealed that the technology giant had tried to turn the research laboratory into a company profit motive To gain their “complete control”.
In recent months, Musk has filed a total of four lawsuits against OpenAI, a company he co-founded in 2015 and left in 2018, accusing its former partners of replacing the nonprofit structure with a commercial model. He was accused of “cheating”. “The fraud and deception are of Shakespearean proportions,” he said in a complaint filed in August. It was expanded and added on 15 November MicrosoftThe main financier of the firm, and ensured that the two tried to illegally monopolize Generative AI To stifle the competition.
Now, OpenAI has exposed the world’s richest man by publishing internal emails that show he supported the business of the start-up he is now condemning in 2017. According to the company, Musk created a public benefit corporation in September 2017 and required his partners to become its CEO, hold a majority stake in its stock, and gain “complete” and “unilateral control.”
Complaints about stopping ChatGPT
OpenAI Board, led by Sam AltmanRejected the conditions established by Musk. In January 2018, tycoons attempted to merge start-ups TeslaThe electric vehicle company he ran failed, and when it failed, he resigned as co-chairman of the company in February. Aye,
In March 2019, OpenAI revised its structure to have two heads, one non-profit and one limited-profit. In November 2022, the company launched ChatGPT into the market, revolutionizing the market and starting the AI investment fever that has affected technology giants and countries around the world.
Troubled by this success, Musk signed a letter in March 2023 calling for a halt to the deployment of new AI tools for six months, pointing to the “serious risks to humanity”. However, four months later they announced the launch xaiHis own AI company. Last May, the company raised $6 billion to compete with ChatGPT, an effort that also explains his legal battle to slow the growth of the company he co-founded and which is now its main Is a rival.
OpenAI’s business line has caused turmoil within the company. In September, it is the director by then, Mira MuratiAnd two other directors jumped ship while a restructuring was being shaped that would prioritize economic profits to more easily attract investors. The change in course directly benefits Altman, who begins to accumulate more power and can take a 7% stake in the company, valuing the shares at about $10.5 billion.
