OpenAI filed a countersuit towards Elon Musk on Wednesday, saying on X that “Elon’s nonstop actions towards us are simply bad-faith techniques to decelerate OpenAI and seize management of the main AI improvements for his private profit.”
Within the lawsuit, OpenAI’s legal professionals argue that “Musk’s continued assaults on OpenAI, culminating most lately within the pretend takeover bid designed to disrupt OpenAI’s future, should stop. Musk ought to be enjoined from additional illegal and unfair motion, and held answerable for the injury he has already triggered.”
Musk, who was a part of the preliminary founding staff at OpenAI, initially sued final spring, saying he needed to drive the corporate to “return to its mission to develop AGI for the advantage of humanity” as a substitute of pursuing earnings. (The Verge’s editor-in-chief, Nilay Patel, discovered Musk’s authorized case towards OpenAI “hilariously unhealthy.”)
Earlier this yr, Musk additionally supplied $97.4 billion to purchase OpenAI, saying in a press release that “it’s time for OpenAI to return to the open-source, safety-focused drive for good it as soon as was.” OpenAI’s board of administrators unanimously rejected the supply, which in the present day’s submitting referred to as a “sham bid.”
Disclosure: The Verge’s father or mother firm, Vox Media, companions with OpenAI.