Proactive Investors - OpenAI has responded to Elon Musk’s lawsuit against the ChatGPT owner, alleging that the Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) boss attempted to take control of the company before walking away.
In a blog post, the AI company released a series of emails between Musk and OpenAI’s management, showing how he was onboard the group’s strategy to make money.
Last week, lawyers on behalf of Musk filed a civil lawsuit against OpenAI and its founders Samuel Altman and Gregory Brockman.
Musk alleged that the founding principles of OpenAI as an organisation that would develop artificial general intelligence (AGI) “for the benefit of humanity” have been lost in favour of maximising shareholder profits.
OpenAI said it is planning to “dismiss all of Elon’s claims”, alleging that Musk supported the switch as it would help cover the enormous costs of developing artificial general intelligence (AGI), one of the most advanced forms of the tech.
“This needs billions per year immediately or forget it,” an email from Musk said.
OpenAI said: “We’re sad that it’s come to this with someone whom we’ve deeply admired — someone who inspired us to aim higher, then told us we would fail, started a competitor, and then sued us.”
Musk is also alleged to have wanted to merge OpenAI with Tesla, and withheld funding while he demanded a majority stake, control of the board and a position as chief executive officer.
LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman is said to have covered salaries and the cost of operations while the funding was withheld.