Elon Musk filed a lawsuit in San Francisco Court of Appeals on Thursday, accusing OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman of violating an agreement aimed at bringing AI technology to the benefit of humanity.
Musk claimed that OpenAI’s relationship with Microsoft threatened the company’s original public commitments. OpenAI became a "closed-source quasi-company" of Microsoft rather than a public, open-source artificial intelligence organization. "Under the new board, it's not just developing but actually refining AGI to maximize Microsoft's profits rather than benefit humanity."
He filed charges of breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and unfair business practices against OpenAI, demanding that OpenAI return to open source status and asking the court to prevent OpenAI and Microsoft from profiting from AI technology.
Additionally, Musk pointed out that GPT-4, despite being released in 2023, is still a closed model rather than an open AI. He worries that the move is driven by commercial considerations rather than motivations that benefit humanity. (Courthousenews)