Elon Musk sues OpenAI founder for ‘betrayal’ of company’s values
Tesla billionaire accuses Sam Altman of deprioritising safety to pursue profits
Elon Musk is suing the co-founder of the ChatGPT developer OpenAI, alleging he compromised the company’s original pursuit to prioritise developing safe artificial intelligence (AI) over profits.
The Tesla billionaire accused Sam Altman of “stark betrayal” after the pair co-founded OpenAI in 2015, with
Mr Musk agreeing to bankroll the group with the intention of developing AI that would benefit humanity.
The business was set up as a non-profit and shared details of its AI breakthroughs with other scientists.
However, in a lawsuit filed in California, Mr Musk claimed Mr Altman, who is chief executive of OpenAI, has since plotted to “radically depart from their mission”,
raising billions of dollars from Microsoft and making OpenAI’s research a secret.