The battle between the CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk, and OpenAI, the company that created ChatGPT, added a new chapter: last Thursday the South African businessman denounced Samuel Altman’s company for seeking monopolize the generative Artificial Intelligence market. The lawsuit was filed in federal court located in Oakland, California.
In detail, the complaint also includes Microsoft, OpenAI’s largest financial backer. The dispute between both technological actors is not new since, in August, Musk had denounced Altman and his company for violating the provisions of the contract by putting profits for “in front of the public good” in the development of AI.
Elon Musk vs Microsoft and OpenAI
Musk returned to the charge against the creator of ChatGPT. In his complaint filed Thursday, the Tesla CEO took aim at OpenAI and accused it of trying to monopolize the generative AI market and marginalize its competitors.
“Never before has a corporation gone from a tax-exempt charity to a $157 billion, market-crippling, for-profit gorgon, and in just eight years,” the complaint states. The lawsuit seeks to overturn the OpenAI license with Microsoft and force her to get rid of the “ill-gotten” gains.
In response, the company led by Altman issued a statement in which they assured that Musk’s latest demand is “even more unfounded and exaggerated than the previous ones”. For its part, since Microsoft They did not comment on the matter.
It should be remembered that in August of this year Musk had already filed a complaint against his competitors. In it, he accused his former partner of violate contract provisions by putting profits ahead of the public good in the effort to advance AI.
In detail, Musk’s text denounces that OpenAI and Microsoft They violated the antitrust law by conditioning the investment opportunities to agreements not to negotiate with the companies’ rivals. Furthermore, he states that the agreement exclusive license of the companies was equivalent to one merger that lacked regulatory approvals.
Elon Musk launched a backpack to have an internet connection anywhere in the world
In parallel to the litigation, Musk launched a new innovation on the market. With the help of his company Starlink, a satellite internet company, the magnate announced the development of a new backpack to have connection anywhere and anytime.
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The company’s goal is for people, especially those who enjoy traveling and taking trips, to be able to carry their content comfortably and easily, to reach any corner and space in the world. The kit includes the Gen 3 routera standard five meter cable, a power source and a large space to transport electronic devicessuch as laptops up to 16 inches.
Through the program Starlink Roamwhich “provides high-speed data on the move, without contracts or long-term commitments,” people will be able to access unlimited internet or 50GB of datauses on the move, ability to resume and pause the service at any time, among other things.
Source: Ambito
