ChatGPT maker OpenAI on Tuesday refuted Elon Musk’s claims that the startup deserted its authentic mission to develop synthetic intelligence for the advantage of humanity and never for revenue.

OpenAI mentioned in a weblog submit that it intends to maneuver to dismiss all of Musk’s claims. Musk filed a lawsuit towards the startup he co-founded final week, alleging breach of contract, saying the Microsoft-backed agency is now centered on being profitable.

OpenAI mentioned Musk needed the corporate to merge with electrical automobile maker Tesla, and he forwarded an electronic mail that mentioned the startup ought to “connect to Tesla as its money cow”.

OpenAI mentioned the suggestion got here after Musk and the corporate determined the following step was to create a for-profit entity in 2017 to generate capital for constructing synthetic normal intelligence (AGI).

The billionaire entrepreneur then needed majority fairness, preliminary board management, and to be CEO of OpenAI, the corporate mentioned.

However OpenAI and Musk couldn’t conform to phrases on a for-profit as a result of the startup felt it was towards the mission for any particular person to have absolute management over the agency.

In his lawsuit, Musk mentioned OpenAI’s three founders initially agreed to work on AGI, an idea that machines might deal with duties like a human, however in a method that will “profit humanity,”.

Musk additionally pushed OpenAI to announce an preliminary $1 billion funding dedication in 2015, after CEO Sam Altman and co-founder Greg Brockman initially deliberate to boost $100 million.

“We’re unhappy that it’s come to this with somebody whom we’ve deeply admired—somebody who impressed us to intention larger, then advised us we’d fail, began a competitor, after which sued us once we began making significant progress in direction of OpenAI’s mission with out him,” OpenAI mentioned.

Musk and Tesla didn’t instantly reply to a Reuters request for a touch upon the weblog.

Musk’s lawsuit is a fruits of his long-simmering opposition to the startup. OpenAI has since develop into the face of generative AI, partly as a consequence of billions of {dollars} in funding from Microsoft. Musk went on to discovered his personal synthetic intelligence startup, xAI, launched final July.

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