OpenAI accuses Elon Musk of legal harassment and calls for case to be closed

In a statement regarding the latest lawsuit filed by Elon Musk, OpenAI said Tuesday (8): being harassed by the author and asking for the action to be closed. The ChatGPT developer also criticized the way the billionaire abandoned the project.

Tesla’s CEO will sue the startup for the second time in 2024 He claimed he was deceived by colleagues with whom he founded OpenAIAs a non-profit company in 2015. Three years later, the tech mogul decided to leave the group by resigning from the board of directors.

Regarding the questions, the company said this was “a new phase in Musk’s increasingly vociferous campaign to harass OpenAI.” looking for your own competitive advantage” as emphasized Business Content. He adds that the businessman has reinforced this behavior since the launch of his latest venture, xAI.

As for the technology risks cited by the plaintiff, the startup said it is committed to the safe development of artificial general intelligence. “Musk has already supported OpenAI in this role. However, when his attempt to dominate her failed, he gave up this attempt.” he explained in another quote.

Archiving the process

Apart from the criticism directed at Elon Musk, the owner of ChatGPT said that the facts he presented did not provide a legal basis to support his claims. Because, company He asked the US courts to close this case, which was opened in August..

It’s worth remembering that the billionaire sued OpenAI for similar reasons in March. justifying that it had deviated from its original aims.. But three months later he withdrew the action, making an apparent truce with his former ally.

Even so he kept poking the developer via posts on XSharing memes and critiques of the brand. Musk also questioned Microsoft’s investment in the startup and its recent funding round, which netted it $6.6 billion and gave it a valuation of $157 billion.