Elon Musk sued OpenAI for alleging that it deviated from its original non-profit commitment and has listed Microsoft, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and others as defendants. The lawsuit was filed in the California District Court, adding the new XAI company of Neurochain executives Xiran Zlis and Musk as plaintiffs. Musk believes that OpenAI, under the leadership of Ultraman, has become a profit-making subsidiary of Microsoft and has stifled competition by restricting investors from funding competitors, violating several legal principles.
Tesla founder Elon Musk recently filed a lawsuit against OpenAI alleging that it had abandoned its original non-profit tenet. According to the latest complaint, Musk also added several new defendants, including Microsoft, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, and former OpenAI board member and senior Microsoft executive Di Templeton.
The lawsuit was filed in the District Court of California, with new plaintiffs including executives of Neuralink and former OpenAI board member Shivon Zilis, as well as new plaintiffs, 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 and committed to safety and transparency, but under the guidance of current CEO Sam Altman and his team, OpenAI is gradually Become a profit-making affiliate of Microsoft.
The complaint mentioned that OpenAI is trying to eliminate competition by forcing investors to promise not to fund competitors, such as Musk's xAI.律师表示，OpenAI 在短短八年内，从一个免税慈善机构转变为市值达1570亿美元的盈利公司，这是前所未有的。 This shift violates almost all legal principles related to economic activity, including lies to donors, members, markets, regulators and the public.
According to the revised complaint, Zlis was identified as a "victim employee" under the California Company Law because of his close relationship with Musk.她曾在2017年至2019年间担任特斯拉的项目主管，并且在神经链公司从事研究工作。 The complaint further accuses Ultraman and his team of working with Microsoft to gain benefits to build an opaque network of profitable OpenAI affiliates that are valued in depriving OpenAI of intellectual property, employees and leveraging Musk's name and contributions The good reputation established.
Although Musk had expressed his approval of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, he believes that Microsoft's values are not consistent with OpenAI. Musk is concerned about the potential threat of artificial intelligence to humans, advocating that technology should be decentralized and open, while Nadella and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates regard Musk's concerns as "panic", believing that this kind of The problem is still far from reality.
So far, Microsoft has not responded to the revised complaint.
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Musk accused OpenAI of deviating from its original non-profit tenet and gradually becoming a profit-making subsidiary of Microsoft.
The complaint states that OpenAI is trying to eliminate market competition by restricting investors from funding competitors.
The new plaintiff includes Nerve Chain executive Zlis, who is closely related to Musk and is therefore considered a victim.
The core of this lawsuit is OpenAI's business model transformation and its impact on market competition, and Musk's insistence on his initial vision. Microsoft's response and subsequent legal proceedings will determine the direction of the lawsuit and may have a profound impact on the future development of the field of artificial intelligence.