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Nov. 15 (UPI) — Elon Musk accused OpenAI of colluding with Microsft in an amended lawsuit against the ChatGPT maker.
Court documents filed by Musk on Thursday detailed the amended claims, alleging the artificial intelligence tech firm is colluding with other AI companies, including Microsoft, in order to stifle competition.
The billionaire Tesla founder originally sued OpenAI earlier this year, claiming it no longer operated as a non-profit entity dedicated to safe and open AI, as laid out in the company’s founding principles.
“Never before has a corporation gone from tax-exempt charity to a $157 billion for-profit, market-paralyzing gorgon — and in just eight years,” Musk’s lawyers wrote in the court filing.
Musk and his legal team argued that OpenAI is instead creating an “unlawful competitive advantage” by preventing other companies from licensing its technology.
He also claimed the partnership between OpenAI and Microsoft creates an unlevel playing field, making it difficult for competing tech companies to secure investments.
In amending the claims of the lawsuit, Musk also named new plaintiffs in Microsoft and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, and former OpenAI board member Shivon Zilis.
Zilis is the mother of three of Musk’s children and an executive at Neuralink, the billionaire’s neurotechnology company.
Hoffman’s artificial intelligence company, company xAI was also added to the lawsuit.
Musk helped found the tech firm in 2015 but resigned from its board of directors in 2018 because of a possible conflict of interest over Tesla’s self-driving vehicles.
This past June, Musk dropped a separate lawsuit against two of his OpenAI co-founders, San Altman and Greg Brockman.