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Why Elon Musk sued OpenAI

Why Elon Musk sued OpenAI

Musk says OpenAI has become a "closed-source de facto subsidiary" of Microsoft.

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Mar 01, 2024
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Elon Musk on Thursday sued OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, for failing to live up to the organization’s charter to develop AI technology in a way that benefits the general public.

“To this day, OpenAI’s website continues to profess that its charter is to ensure AGI ‘benefits all of humanity,’” Musk lawyers write. “In reality, however, OpenAI has been tra…

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