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X chief Elon Musk on Thursday filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing the organisation of deviating from its original mission and becoming a de facto subsidiary of Microsoft.
According to Musk, OpenAI is no longer a benevolent force working for the benefit of humanity but has transformed into a profit-centric entity maximizing gains for the tech giant.
In the lawsuit, Musk contends that OpenAI, under its new board, is not only developing but actively refining an Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) with the primary goal of boosting Microsoft’s profits.
Musk is taking legal action against OpenAI, alleging breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, and unfair business practices. He’s pushing for OpenAI to return to being open source and seeks an injunction to prevent OpenAI, its president Gregory Brockman, CEO Sam Altman, and Microsoft from profiting off the company’s artificial general intelligence technology.
This alleged departure from the Founding Agreement raises concerns about the use of GPT-4, which Musk claims has shifted from benefiting humanity to serving as proprietary technology for Microsoft’s financial gain.
The lawsuit emphasises the abandonment of OpenAI’s initial non-profit structure, replaced by a profit-driven CEO and a board lacking sufficient technical expertise in AGI and AI public policy.
“OpenAI, Inc. ‘s once carefully crafted non-profit structure was replaced by a purely profit-driven CEO and a Board with inferior technical expertise in AGI and AI public policy. The board now has an observer seat reserved solely for Microsoft,” said Musk.
Musk points out that Microsoft’s influence has grown to the extent that the board now reserves an observer seat exclusively for the technology behemoth.
Musk, an original board member of OpenAI until his departure in 2018, asserts that the dispute between the board and Altman centers around the advancements in GPT-4 and the potential future iteration of AGI technology. Musk is apprehensive about the implications for public safety arising from these developments.
