Elon Musk Names Microsoft, LinkedIn Co-Founder Reid Hoffman As New Defendant in Amended Lawsuit Against Sam Altman-Run OpenAI
The US government efficiency czar Elon Musk, in his lawsuit against Sam Altman-run OpenAI for abandoning its non-profit stance, has now named new defendants including Microsoft, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, and former OpenAI board member and senior Microsoft executive, Dee Templeton.
San Francisco, November 15: The US government efficiency czar Elon Musk, in his lawsuit against Sam Altman-run OpenAI for abandoning its non-profit stance, has now named new defendants including Microsoft, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, and former OpenAI board member and senior Microsoft executive, Dee Templeton.
The amended complaint, filed in a district court in California, also names new plaintiffs 슬롯사이트� Neuralink executive and ex-OpenAI board member Shivon Zilis and Musk슬롯사이트™s AI company, xAI. 슬롯사이트œOpenAI, co-founded by Musk as an independent charity committed to safety and transparency 슬롯사이트� and nurtured in its infancy by Musk슬롯사이트™s money, advice, recruiting efforts and connections 슬롯사이트� is, at the direction of Altman, Brockman, and Microsoft, fast becoming a fully for-profit subsidiary of Microsoft,슬롯사이트� the lawsuit read.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Elon Musk-Run X Will Now Let New Users To Get Access to Free Grok Tier; Check Details.
Musk슬롯사이트™s lawyers argued that OpenAI is 슬롯사이트œactively trying to eliminate competitors슬롯사이트� such as xAI by 슬롯사이트œextracting promises from investors not to fund them.슬롯사이트� The lawsuit further alleged that 슬롯사이트œnever before has a corporation gone from tax-exempt charity to a $157 billion for-profit, market-paralysing gorgon 슬롯사이트� and in just eight years슬롯사이트�.
슬롯사이트œNever before has it happened, because doing so violates almost every principle of law governing economic activity. It requires lying to donors, lying to members, lying to markets, lying to regulators, and lying to the public,슬롯사이트� it read.
According to the amended complaint, Zilis, who stepped down from OpenAI슬롯사이트™s board in 2023, has standing as an 슬롯사이트œinjured employee슬롯사이트� under California Corporations Code. Zilis has close ties to Musk, having worked as a project director at Tesla from 2017 to 2019 in addition to directing Neuralink research.
The lawsuit further alleged that the efforts by Altman and his cohorts to cash in and squeeze others out have their roots in OpenAI슬롯사이트™s partnership with Microsoft. 슬롯사이트œTogether, they established an opaque web of for-profit OpenAI affiliates, the only value of which came from looting OpenAI, Inc. of the intellectual property, employees, and relationships developed by exploiting Musk슬롯사이트™s name and contributions, the charity슬롯사이트™s tax status, and the goodwill generated by its supposed philanthropic commitment,슬롯사이트� alleged the Musk lawsuit.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천DOGE Logo Featuring Animated Picture of Doge Meme Dog Shared by Elon Musk as He Becomes Co-Head of Department of Government Efficiency, Netizens React To 'Super Cute' Symbol.
While the tech billionaire had expressed an affinity for Microsoft슬롯사이트™s CEO Satya Nadella, 슬롯사이트œthe values of Microsoft and OpenAI did not align슬롯사이트�. Whereas Musk was concerned that AI posed an existential danger to humankind and believed the technology should be decentralised and open, 슬롯사이트œNadella and Microsoft슬롯사이트™s co-founder Bill Gates minimised Musk슬롯사이트™s concerns as 슬롯사이트˜panic슬롯사이트� and too far off in the future,슬롯사이트� the lawsuit said. Microsoft was yet to comment on the amended lawsuit.
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