Musk filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, its CEO Sam Altman, and others in 2024, alleging that they violated OpenAI’s original mission while transitioning into a for-profit organization. Musk co-founded OpenAI in 2015 but departed in 2018 to establish the competing xAI and its chatbot Grok.
In an August court filing, OpenAI indicated that Musk attempted to recruit rival Mark Zuckerberg for his consortium’s offer for OpenAI early last year, but the Meta Platforms CEO declined to participate.
On Monday, the maker of ChatGPT sent a letter to California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings, stating that the lawsuit sought over $100 billion in damages from its non-profit foundation, which it claimed would severely hinder the organization.
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A judge in Oakland, California, decided in January that a jury would be responsible for hearing the trial, which is anticipated to begin in April.
OpenAI’s chief strategy officer, Jason Kwon, mentioned in the letter sent on Monday that the lawsuit could jeopardize the company’s goal of ensuring that artificial general intelligence, or AGI, serves the entire human race.
Musk’s submissions in the case “imply that your offices did not conduct a comprehensive investigation into OpenAI’s plans for recapitalization and instead relied solely on promises regarding OpenAI’s future actions,” Kwon stated.
