OpenAI Seeks Dismissal Of Elon Musk’s Lawsuit—Calls It A ‘Blusterous’ Harassment Campaign
ForbesSep 25
OpenAI Asks Judge to Dismiss Elon Musk's Lawsuit
Above: Sam Altman Co-founder and CEO of OpenAI speaks during the Italian Tech Week 2024 at OGR Officine Grandi Riparazioni on September 25, 2024 in Turin, Italy. Image copyright: Stefano Guidi/Contributor/Getty Images News via Getty Images
The Facts
OpenAI has urged a California federal judge to dismiss the Musk v. Altman case, claiming that the lawsuit is part of Elon Musk's harassment campaign against OpenAI for his own competitive advantage since launching his own artificial intelligence startup.
The motion filed on Tuesday in the US District Court for the Northern District of California argues that the complaint has neither sufficient factual nor legal basis. A hearing is scheduled for Nov. 12 in Oakland.
The Spin
Narrative A
Musk's criticism of OpenAI is 100% justified. The company has branded itself as a pioneer that will responsibly lead the world into the AI generation in the safest way possible, but it has become beholden to Microsoft. Altman has seemingly thrown his convictions away in order to benefit Microsoft financially, and Musk is holding him accountable.
Narrative B
This suit was never in good faith and Musk is wrong to criticize OpenAI for chasing profits at the same time he's creating his own for-profit AI venture. He's using this lawsuit as part of a dispute with former OpenAI co-founders, which suggests this legal action was never really about the future of AI technology.
Nerd narrative
There's a 50% chance that OpenAI will reach its profit cap for the first round of investors by 2035, according to the Metaculus prediction community.