Elon Musk Retracts Lawsuit Against OpenAI, Continues with AI Chatbot Grok
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Elon Musk has retracted his lawsuit against artificial intelligence company OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman. He had accused OpenAI of straying from its original mission to create AI for humanity's benefit, not profit. The dismissal allows Musk to possibly reinstate the lawsuit in the future. Musk had also alleged violations of fiduciary responsibility and unfair business practices against OpenAI, and criticized their partnership with Apple. Despite the controversy, Musk launched AI chatbot Grok in competition with OpenAI's ChatGPT, securing substantial funding for its development.
Elon Musk has ended his legal dispute with artificial intelligence company OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman. He had argued that the AI organization strayed from its foundational promise to create AI technologies for the betterment of humanity, rather than for commercial gain. The request to cancel the breach of contract lawsuit, without prejudice, was formally submitted by Musk's lawyers and recorded in the San Francisco Superior Court records dated June 11. This arrangement allows Musk the option to reinstate the lawsuit at a later date if he chooses. This disclosure emerged just ahead of a federal judge's hearing, planned to determine the case's continuation or dismissal, according to prior court documents. There has been no official explanation from the entrepreneur about his decision to end the lawsuit.
Musk had initiated the lawsuit against OpenAI and Altman on the grounds of contract violation on February 29, 2024. Specifically, he accused the creators of ChatGPT of deviating from their initial vow to construct extensive language models for public advantage, not financial gain. He objected to the company's association with tech heavyweight Microsoft in the development of artificial general intelligence (AGI) technology and their launch of ChatGPT-4 under a non-open source model. Musk had proclaimed that OpenAI needed to abide by their open source commitment and asked for legal protection against AGI tech's commercial misuse. Along with these issues, Musk alleged violations of fiduciary responsibility and unfair business conduct against OpenAI.
Musk's most recent critique of OpenAI concerns their collaboration with Apple to embed ChatGPT into Apple's device operating systems such as iPhone, iPad, and Mac. He alleges that this collaboration represents an "unacceptable security breach" against Apple users by placing their privacy and security in the hands of a third party—OpenAI. Despite this, Apple maintains that user IP addresses will remain private and OpenAI will not store any data requests. An Apple representative asserted, "It's conscious of your personal data without acquiring your personal data," emphasizing Apple Intelligence's dedication to privacy.
In a further development, Musk launched Grok, an AI chatbot, in November with the intent of competing with ChatGPT. The company that developed Grok, xAI, attracted $6 billion in funding in late May from notable investors such as Valor Equity Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, and Fidelity Management & Research Company.
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6/12/2024 4:22:34 AM
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