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In this photo illustration, the “OpenAI” logo appears on a cell phone screen in front of a computer screen displaying a photo of Elon Musk and Sam Altman in Ankara, Turkey on March 14, 2024.
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Elon Musk has revived his lawsuit against Sam Altman in federal court, alleging that the Tesla CEO was framed as a co-founder of OpenAI, according to court documents made public on Monday.
Musk’s allegations center around his belief that he was “lured and tricked” by Altman and current OpenAI president Greg Brockman into co-founding an artificial intelligence company on non-profit grounds.
After Musk came on board and invested millions of dollars, the lawsuit alleges, he was “betrayed by Altman and his co-conspirators.” Microsoft“They created a opaque network of for-profit OpenAI affiliates and engaged in rampant private dealings.”
“Their dishonesty and deceit are worthy of Shakespeare,” the lawsuit alleges.
The allegations in the new lawsuit are similar to those filed by Musk, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO, in a separate lawsuit he filed this year in California against OpenAI and Altman, but he ultimately dropped the suit.
Musk has been vocal in recent years about his fears of artificial intelligence and the dangers it poses to humanity. In his latest lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Northern California, Musk says he was “manipulated” into co-founding OpenAI by Altman and Brockman, who promised to “chart a safer, more open path than the big profit-driven tech companies.”
“Mr. Altman assured Mr. Musk that the non-profit organization would be neutral and focused on safety and openness for the benefit of humanity, not shareholders. But in the end, this was all just a fantasy charity and a prey for Mr. Altman’s long-running fraud,” the lawsuit alleges.
CNBC has reached out to Tesla, OpenAI and Microsoft for comment.
The lawsuit also alleges that Microsoft was involved.
The lawsuit says OpenAI is a nonprofit with no shareholders and that Microsoft “sought to gain influence in other ways, including by enticing OpenAI to use and become inextricably dependent on Microsoft’s cloud computing systems.”
“Musk expressed goodwill towards Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, but the company’s values ​​were not aligned with OpenAI’s,” the lawsuit alleges.
Microsoft is OpenAI’s largest investor, having pumped a reported $13 billion into the company.
“In the years that followed, and continuing to this day, Microsoft has systematically increased its participation in OpenAI,” the lawsuit alleges.
– CNBC’s Jordan Novett contributed to this report.
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