{"id":22615,"date":"2024-06-12T09:30:57","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T06:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinengineer.io\/?p=22615"},"modified":"2024-06-12T08:18:17","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T05:18:17","slug":"elon-musk-lawsuit-openai-sam-altman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/elon-musk-lawsuit-openai-sam-altman\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Drops Lawsuit Against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] text-message flex flex-col items-start whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5 juice:w-full juice:items-end overflow-x-auto gap-2\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"4933be95-5b30-4634-8713-d0db28f2428f\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 juice:empty:hidden juice:first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p><strong>Elon Musk<\/strong> has decided to drop his lawsuit against <strong>OpenAI<\/strong> and its CEO, <strong>Sam Altman,<\/strong> which claimed the artificial intelligence company strayed from its initial goal to create AI to serve mankind, not for profit.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_71 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/elon-musk-lawsuit-openai-sam-altman\/#Legal_Proceedings_and_Dismissal\" title=\"Legal Proceedings and Dismissal\">Legal Proceedings and Dismissal<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/elon-musk-lawsuit-openai-sam-altman\/#Original_Grievances_and_Allegations\" title=\"Original Grievances and Allegations\">Original Grievances and Allegations<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/elon-musk-lawsuit-openai-sam-altman\/#Ongoing_Concerns_and_Rival_Ventures\" title=\"Ongoing Concerns and Rival Ventures\">Ongoing Concerns and Rival Ventures<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Legal_Proceedings_and_Dismissal\"><\/span>Legal Proceedings and Dismissal<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>On June 11, court records in the San Francisco Superior Court show Musk&#8217;s lawyers asked to discharge the breach of contract action without prejudice.<\/p>\n<p>The dismissal without prejudice lets Musk file once more in the future since it indicates the lawsuit isn&#8217;t thrown out permanently.<\/p>\n<p>According to earlier court records, it arrived one day before a federal judge was due to decide whether to dismiss the case or allow it to proceed.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding his choice to abandon the lawsuit, Musk withheld a comment.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Original_Grievances_and_Allegations\"><\/span>Original Grievances and Allegations<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Claiming the ChatGPT-creator company strayed from its original goal to create its massive language models for the &#8220;benefit of mankind, not profit,&#8221; Musk sued OpenAI and Altman on February 29, 2024, for breach of contract.<\/p>\n<p>His grievances focused especially on OpenAI&#8217;s partnerships with Microsoft, a corporate behemoth, to create artificial general intelligence (AGI) technologies and the decision to introduce ChatGPT-4 under a closed-sourced approach.<\/p>\n<p>Musk at the time asked OpenAI to go back to its open-source values and sought an injunction to stop the for-profit use of artificial general intelligence software.<\/p>\n<p>Against OpenAI, Musk also registered charges for unfair business practices and fiduciary responsibility violations.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Ongoing_Concerns_and_Rival_Ventures\"><\/span>Ongoing Concerns and Rival Ventures<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The billionaire&#8217;s most recent <strong>OpenAI<\/strong> concern is a collaboration with Apple, wherein ChatGPT would be included in Mac, iPad, and iPhone running systems.<\/p>\n<p>By handing privacy and security to a third-party like OpenAI, Musk argues Apple&#8217;s choice is an &#8220;unacceptable security violation&#8221; against Apple users.<\/p>\n<p>Apple contends, however, that OpenAI would not save data requests, and user IP addresses would remain hidden.<\/p>\n<p>In discussing the &#8220;privacy promise&#8221; of Apple Intelligence, Apple emphasized that it is aware of your personal data without collecting it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/metamask-new-pooled-staking-service-for-eth\/\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This Might Interest You: MetaMask\u2019s New Pooled Staking Service for Ethereum<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aiming to rival companies like ChatGPT, <strong>Musk<\/strong> helped start the AI chatbot Grok last November.<\/p>\n<p>Late May saw the firm behind Grok, xAI, land $6 billion in investment from Valor Equity Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, and Fidelity Management &amp; Research Company.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/coinengineernews\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click here to get the latest news from Coin Engineer!\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk has decided to drop his lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, which claimed the artificial intelligence company strayed from its initial goal to create AI to serve mankind, not for profit. 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