OpenAI reported that Elon Musk wanted to lead it and merge with Tesla – Kommersant

OpenAI, the company that developed the ChatGPT chatbot, published his response to Elon Musk’s lawsuit. Last week, Tesla founder filed in San Francisco court lawsuit to OpenAI, accusing the company of betraying and “distorting” the goals and objectives that were set when it was founded in 2015. The plaintiff wants the court to force OpenAI to comply with the terms of its founding agreement and “pursue the mission of developing artificial intelligence for the benefit of humanity,” and not for the benefit of its management and Microsoft.

In response, OpenAI stated that “it is dedicated to ensuring that artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. This means creating AI that is safe and mutually beneficial, delivering multiple benefits in a variety of ways.” The company also noted that in response to reproaches from Elon Musk, it decided to publish some details of its relationship with the entrepreneur. For example, in 2015, when OpenAI founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman raised their first funds from investors, Elon Musk was among them. The founders wanted to raise about $100 million, but Musk advised young entrepreneurs not to talk about this amount, but to state the goal of raising $1 billion. He himself then contributed less than $45 million, the other investors – about $90 million.

It is also reported that when work at OpenAI had already begun, Elon Musk wanted to take a majority stake in it and become its CEO in 2017. When OpenAI refused, Elon Musk “left us,” and then in 2018 said that the company’s likelihood of success was zero. He also said that he planned to create a competitive development company within Tesla.

As you know, instead of developing cooperation with Elon Musk, OpenAI chose other options. One of OpenAI’s largest investors was Microsoft, which invested $10 billion in it in November last year. Other investors also include large funds – Sequoia Capital, Thrive Capital and others.

Evgeny Khvostik