Elon Musk, the co-founder of OpenAI, has filed a lawsuit against the company, his co-founders, affiliated businesses, and others who remain unidentified. Musk alleges that they are prioritizing profits over OpenAI’s non-profit status and its contractual commitment to develop AI for the betterment of humanity.
The lawsuit claims that OpenAI has essentially become a subsidiary of Microsoft, with the tech giant investing $13 billion and holding a 49 percent stake. Microsoft is utilizing OpenAI’s technology to power generative AI tools like Copilot.
According to the legal filing, the current board of OpenAI is allegedly focused on developing and perfecting an artificial general intelligence (AGI) to maximize profits for Microsoft, rather than prioritizing the advancement of humanity. This, Musk argues, is a clear violation of the organization’s founding agreement.
The lawsuit defines AGI as ”a machine capable of intelligence across a wide range of tasks, similar to a human.” Musk’s contention is that GPT-4, which is claimed to have superior reasoning abilities than the average human…
2024-03-02 01:46:37
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