Elon Musk Sues Sam Altman, OpenAI For Violating Founding Mission In Seeking Profits Over “The Benefit Of Humanity”

Sam Altman survived a boardroom coup at OpenAI last year, but Elon Musk‘s not dropping. The billionaire sued him and the company, which is partnered with Microsoft,  in San Francisco court for breach of contract. 

“This case is filed to compel OpenAI to adhere to the Founding Agreement and return to its mission to develop AGI for the benefit of humanity, not to personally benefit the individual Defendants and the largest technology company in the world,” the suit said.

“Mr. Musk has long recognized that AGI poses a grave threat to humanity—perhaps the greatest existential threat we face today,” it said, referring to Artifical General Intelligence. “Our entire economy is based around the fact that humans work together and come up with the best solutions to a hard task. If a machine can solve nearly any task better than we can, that machine becomes more economically useful than we are

“But where some like Mr. Musk see an existential threat in AGI, others see AGI as a source of profit and power.”

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