TechFlow news — On August 5, according to The New York Times, Elon Musk has revived his lawsuit against OpenAI and its founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, accusing them of breaching the company’s founding agreement by prioritizing commercial interests over public good.
Musk had withdrawn the original lawsuit seven weeks ago without explanation. The complaint states that Sam Altman and Greg Brockman promised, when co-founding OpenAI with Musk, to develop artificial intelligence for the benefit of humanity, but later betrayed this mission by entering into a multibillion-dollar partnership with Microsoft. OpenAI has not yet responded to the renewed suit.
Musk parted ways with OpenAI in 2018 amid internal power struggles. Afterwards, Altman transformed OpenAI into a for-profit entity and raised $13 billion from Microsoft. In 2022, OpenAI launched ChatGPT, sparking an AI race across the tech industry. The amended complaint also alleges that OpenAI violated the federal RICO Act, claiming that under its contract with Microsoft, Microsoft would no longer hold rights to relevant technologies once OpenAI achieves AGI.
