Elon Musk has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman, stating that they have severely betrayed the company’s core purpose in the field of artificial intelligence.
Elon Musk has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI.
Elon Musk is taking legal action against OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, claiming they have strayed from the original goals of the artificial intelligence company by prioritizing profits over societal benefit.
The lawsuit, filed Thursday in San Francisco, comes amid a larger debate over the potential impact of AI, such as that it could produce
Inaccurate or dangerous knowledge
Musk has filed a legal suit claiming that OpenAI, as well as Altman and OpenAI President Greg Brockman, have breached contractual agreements and their duties as fiduciaries.
According to the suit, Musk, a co-founder of OpenAI in 2015, refers to the agreement created when the lab was formed that stated the company would use its technology for the greater good and make it available to the public. However, the suit claims that OpenAI has strayed from its original purpose with their most recent AI model, GPT-4, which has not been made public.
invested billions in the AI company. Microsoft has integrated OpenAI’s GPT-4 tech into its software programs and
created an artificial intelligence application
Introducing Copilot, a program designed to assist users in automating a variety of tasks.
According to the lawsuit filed by Musk, the partnership between Microsoft and OpenAI is a clear violation of their initial agreement.
The accusation states that Mr. Altman has caused OpenAI to significantly deviate from its original purpose of sharing its technology and knowledge with the general public. The internal workings of GPT-4 are completely undisclosed to anyone except OpenAI and possibly Microsoft. The design of GPT-4 has not been published in any scientific journals, but rather promoted through press releases boasting about its performance.
According to the lawsuit, OpenAI’s technology, instead of benefiting humanity, is now being primarily utilized for Microsoft’s business pursuits. The GPT-4, the suit states, has essentially become a proprietary algorithm owned by Microsoft.
There has been no response from OpenAI and Microsoft to comment requests at this time.
Musk has requested that the court mandate OpenAI to release its AI models to the general public. He also wants to prevent them from using their technology for the benefit of their executives, Microsoft, or any other individual or organization. Additionally, Musk is seeking for OpenAI, Altman, and Brockman to return all money received from their collaborations with Microsoft.
Musk is highly invested in the advancement of artificial intelligence. In the year 2023, he established xAI, a company that brought together experts from OpenAI and other leading tech companies to create a tool called Grok. This tool was designed with the goal of benefiting humanity in the most significant way possible.
Aimee Picchi
Source: cbsnews.com