Topline
OpenAI requested the dismissal of Elon Musk’s federal lawsuit against the company on Tuesday—alleging that it was a harassment effort aimed at boosting the billionaire’s own artificial intelligence startup xAI—two months after Musk filed the case accusing OpenAI of abandoning its founding mission of developing an open artificial intelligence platform to “benefit humanity” in favor of maximizing profits.
OpenAI has sought the dismissal of Musk’s case against the company and its founder Sam Altman.
Key Facts
In a motion for dismissal filed before a California federal court on Tuesday, OpenAI said Musk’s suit was the latest move in an “increasingly blusterous campaign to harass OpenAI for his own competitive advantage.”
The company said Musk once supported its core goal of seeking “safe and beneficial development of artificial general intelligence”, but the billionaire allegedly “abandoned the venture when his bid to dominate it failed.”
OpenAI’s filing notes Musk has since launched his own artificial intelligence startup, xAI, and alleges he is “trying to leverage the judicial system” to gain a competitive edge in the space.
The ChatGPT-maker claims the “core documents and facts alleged” in Musk’s federal lawsuit are the same as Musk’s initial lawsuit on the matter brought before a state court, which he abandoned in June.
Musk has yet to comment on the filing.
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Crucial Quote
The filing says Musk’s “complaint is a PR stunt comprising…unimproved and implausible variants of contract and fiduciary claims he was not prepared to defend in state court; and… implausible theories of fraud and false advertising that do not identify particular false representations.”
