Recently, Tesla CEO Elon Musk filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, and added Microsoft and LinkedIn co-founder Rhett Hoffman as defendants, which attracted widespread attention. At the heart of the lawsuit is the allegation that OpenAI deviated from its original non-profit mission and transformed into a for-profit company by partnering with Microsoft, which was a significant departure from its original commitment. The editor of Downcodes will explain in detail the ins and outs of this lawsuit and related disputes.
Tesla founder Elon Musk recently filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing it of abandoning its original non-profit mission. According to the latest complaint, Musk has also added multiple new defendants, including Microsoft, LinkedIn co-founder Rhett Hoffman, and former OpenAI board member and Microsoft senior executive Dee Templeton.
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The lawsuit, filed in a district court in California, also adds new plaintiffs, including Neuralink executive and former OpenAI board member Shivon Zilis, as well as Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI. Musk’s lawyers pointed out that OpenAI was originally founded by Musk as an independent charity dedicated to security and transparency. However, under the guidance of current CEO Sam Altman (Sam Altman) and his team, OpenAI is gradually Become a profitable affiliate of Microsoft.
The complaint states that OpenAI is trying to eliminate competition by forcing investors to promise not to fund competitors, such as Musk's xAI. Lawyers say OpenAI's transformation from a tax-exempt charity to a profitable company with a market capitalization of $157 billion in just eight years is unprecedented. This shift violates almost every legal principle related to economic activity, including lying to donors, members, markets, regulators and the public.
According to the amended complaint, Zilis was deemed an "injured employee" under California corporate law because of his close relationship with Musk. She served as Tesla's project director from 2017 to 2019 and worked in research at Neural Chain. The complaint further accuses Altman and his team of working with Microsoft to create an opaque network of profitable OpenAI affiliates that were valued at expropriating OpenAI’s intellectual property, employees and exploiting Musk’s name and contributions. The good reputation established.
Although Musk has expressed his approval of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, he believes that the values of Microsoft and OpenAI are not consistent. Musk is concerned about the potential threat of artificial intelligence to human beings and advocates that technology should be decentralized and open, while Nadella and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates regard Musk's concerns as "panic" and believe that this type of The problem is far from reality.
As of now, Microsoft has not responded to the revised complaint.
This lawsuit not only involves huge commercial interests, but also involves fundamental issues about the development direction of artificial intelligence. How Musk’s lawsuit will develop and how the final outcome will affect the future direction of the field of artificial intelligence deserves our continued attention. The editor of Downcodes will continue to follow up on the report, so stay tuned for subsequent updates.