Well, this is interesting.

Elon Musk claims in a lawsuit filed Thursday evening in the San Francisco
Superior Court that ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and its chief executive Sam
Altman, among others, have breached the artificial intelligence startup's
founding agreement that puts humanity over profits.

"These events of 2023 constitute flagrant breaches of the Founding
Agreement, which Defendants have essentially turned on its head. To this
day, OpenAI, Inc.'s website continues to profess that its charter is to
ensure that AGI [artificial general intelligence technology] "benefits
all of humanity,"" the lawsuit reads.

It continues: "In reality, however, OpenAI, Inc. has been transformed
into a closed-source de facto subsidiary of the largest technology
company in the world: Microsoft. Under its new Board, it is not just
developing but is actually refining an AGI to maximize profits for
Microsoft, rather than for the benefit of humanity."

Besides breach of contract, Musk argues that OpenAI also violates
fiduciary duty and unfair business practices and asks the startup to
revert to an open source model to better humanity. The billionaire
requests an injunction to prevent OpenAI, Altman, and or president
Gregory Brockman - as well as Microsoft - from profiting off the
startup's AI products.

Musk alleges that Altman, Brockman, and Microsoft conspired together to
remove the startup's board members, who were tasked with upholding its
foundational mission.

"Mr. Altman hand-picked a new Board that lacks similar technical
expertise or any substantial background in AI governance, which the
previous board had by design," the lawsuit said, adding, "The new
Board consisted of members with more experience in profit-centric
enterprises or politics than in AI ethics and governance. They were
also reportedly 'big fans of Altman.'"

According to Musk, OpenAI's GPT-4 model, released one year ago, remains a
closed model. And he said this is due mainly to commercial considerations
instead of the interest of humanity.

"The internal details of GPT-4 are known only to OpenAI and, on
information and belief, to Microsoft. GPT-4 is hence the opposite of
'open AI ... And it is closed for propriety commercial reasons:
Microsoft stands to make a fortune selling GPT-4 to the public, which
would not be possible if OpenAI—as it is required to do—makes the
technology freely available to the public," Musk said.

He adds: "Contrary to the Founding Agreement, Defendants have chosen
to use GPT-4 not for the benefit of humanity, but as proprietary
technology to maximize profits for literally the largest company in
the world."

Musk, an original board member of OpenAI, departed in 2018. In 2015, he
co-founded the startup.

(A copy of the lawsuit is pasted to the end of this article.)

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https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/elon-musk-hits-openai-breach-contract-lawsuit-abandoning-foundational-mission

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RonB wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> Well, this is interesting.
>
> Elon Musk claims in a lawsuit filed Thursday evening in the San Francisco
> Superior Court that ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and its chief executive Sam
> Altman, among others, have breached the artificial intelligence startup's
> founding agreement that puts humanity over profits.
>
> "These events of 2023 constitute flagrant breaches of the Founding
> Agreement, which Defendants have essentially turned on its head. To this
> day, OpenAI, Inc.'s website continues to profess that its charter is to
> ensure that AGI [artificial general intelligence technology] "benefits
> all of humanity,"" the lawsuit reads.
>
> It continues: "In reality, however, OpenAI, Inc. has been transformed
> into a closed-source de facto subsidiary of the largest technology
> company in the world: Microsoft. Under its new Board, it is not just
> developing but is actually refining an AGI to maximize profits for
> Microsoft, rather than for the benefit of humanity."
>
> Besides breach of contract, Musk argues that OpenAI also violates
> fiduciary duty and unfair business practices and asks the startup to
> revert to an open source model to better humanity. The billionaire
> requests an injunction to prevent OpenAI, Altman, and or president
> Gregory Brockman - as well as Microsoft - from profiting off the
> startup's AI products.
>
> Musk alleges that Altman, Brockman, and Microsoft conspired together to
> remove the startup's board members, who were tasked with upholding its
> foundational mission.
>
> "Mr. Altman hand-picked a new Board that lacks similar technical
> expertise or any substantial background in AI governance, which the
> previous board had by design," the lawsuit said, adding, "The new
> Board consisted of members with more experience in profit-centric
> enterprises or politics than in AI ethics and governance. They were
> also reportedly 'big fans of Altman.'"
>
> According to Musk, OpenAI's GPT-4 model, released one year ago, remains a
> closed model. And he said this is due mainly to commercial considerations
> instead of the interest of humanity.
>
> "The internal details of GPT-4 are known only to OpenAI and, on
> information and belief, to Microsoft. GPT-4 is hence the opposite of
> 'open AI ... And it is closed for propriety commercial reasons:
> Microsoft stands to make a fortune selling GPT-4 to the public, which
> would not be possible if OpenAI—as it is required to do—makes the
> technology freely available to the public," Musk said.
>
> He adds: "Contrary to the Founding Agreement, Defendants have chosen
> to use GPT-4 not for the benefit of humanity, but as proprietary
> technology to maximize profits for literally the largest company in
> the world."
>
> Musk, an original board member of OpenAI, departed in 2018. In 2015, he
> co-founded the startup.
>
> (A copy of the lawsuit is pasted to the end of this article.)
>
> ~~~
> https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/elon-musk-hits-openai-breach-contract-lawsuit-abandoning-foundational-mission

Thanks for the link. I do wonder, does Musk have any standing to sue here?

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