Elon Musk Takes Another Swing at OpenAI and Sam Altman in New Lawsuit

By Craig, Business Analyst​

In a move that has the tech world buzzing, Elon Musk has once again filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and its co-founder, Sam Altman. This new legal action comes just months after Musk withdrew a similar suit, claiming that OpenAI and Altman breached the company's founding contract by prioritizing profits over the public interest.

The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Northern California, alleges that Altman and OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman "assiduously manipulated Musk into co-founding their spurious non-profit venture" by promising that OpenAI would be safer and more transparent than profit-driven alternatives. Musk claims that Altman and Brockman have prioritized personal profits over the company's original mission to develop AI for the benefit of humanity.

Musk, who co-founded OpenAI in 2015 and invested "tens of millions" of dollars, claims that he was "betrayed by Altman and his accomplices" and that their actions are "of Shakespearean proportions." The lawsuit seeks damages and a jury trial, as well as a ruling to nullify OpenAI's licensing agreement with Microsoft.

OpenAI has responded to the lawsuit, stating that Musk's claims are "incoherent" and "frivolous." The company points to emails from Musk in 2017, in which he acknowledged the need for the company to make large sums of money to fund the computing resources needed to power its AI ambitions.

The lawsuit is the latest chapter in a long-standing feud between Musk and Altman, who have been at odds over the direction of OpenAI and the development of artificial intelligence. As the legal battle unfolds, the tech world will be watching closely to see how this high-stakes drama plays out.