OpenAI rejected Elon Musk’s claims that the startup had abandoned its original mission of developing artificial intelligence for the benefit of humanity and said that the billionaire there was demanded a merger between the maker of ChatGPT and Tesla.
OpenAI said in a blog post that it intends to take steps to reject all Musk’s claims.
The merger of Tesla and ChatGPT
Musk filed a lawsuit against the startup he co-founded last week, alleging breach of contract, and said the Microsoft-backed company is now focused on making money. OpenAI said Musk wanted the company will merge with electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla and sent an email saying the startup should “consider Tesla as its source of income.”
OpenAI said that the suggestion came after Musk and the company decided the next step was to create an entity for-profit in 2017 to raise capital to develop artificial general intelligence (AGI).
The billionaire then wanted a majority stake, initial control of the board of directors and being executive chairman of OpenAI, the company said. But OpenAI and Musk could not agree on the terms of a for-profit company because the startup considered it went against the mission of any individual having absolute control over the company.
Elon Musk’s lawsuit against ChatGPT
In his claim, Musk said that the three founders of OpenAI originally agreed to work on AGI, a concept whereby machines could handle tasks like a human, but in a way that “would benefit humanity.”
Musk also put pressure on OpenAI to announce an initial funding commitment for 1 billion dollars in 2015, after CEO Sam Altman and co-founder Greg Brockman initially planned to raise $100 million.
“We are sad to have come to this with someone we deeply admire: someone who inspired us to aim higher, then told us we would fail, created a competitor, and then sued us when we started achieving significant progress towards OpenAI’s mission without it“said OpenAI.
Musk and Tesla did not immediately respond to requests for Reuters to make a comment on the blog.
Source: Ambito
