Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has once again criticized the alliance between Microsoft Corporation MSFT and ChatGPT-parent OpenAI, a company he co-founded in 2015 and left in 2018.
A Peek Inside the Suit: On Thursday, Musk reacted to a user sharing a snippet from his lawsuit against OpenAI, quoting Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s dismissive comments regarding ChatGPT’s significance.
In the lawsuit, it was outlined that “Microsoft’s CEO boasted that it would not matter ‘[i]f OpenAI disappeared tomorrow.’ He explained that ‘[w]e have all the IP rights and all the capability.’ ‘We have the people, we have the compute, we have the data, we have everything.’ ‘We are below them, above them, around them.’”
Musk’s retort to the post was succinct, “No kidding.”
Another Follow-up: Another user reacted to the screenshot, suggesting that OpenAI was essentially “MicrosoftAI.” Musk’s response remained concise: “As I was saying…”
The Significance: This latest development extends Musk’s persistent dispute with OpenAI and Microsoft. Musk has accused OpenAI of straying from its foundational principles by optimizing AGI to maximize profits for Microsoft. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman offered a response to the lawsuit, indicating that the company had to adapt as technology advanced.
Previous reports detailed OpenAI’s dismissal of Musk’s claims regarding the existence of a “founding agreement” for the company’s non-profit status and the non-disclosure of source code.
In a prior instance, the ChatGPT-parent released a blog post unveiling some old emails that displayed Musk suggesting that only a merger with Tesla could aid OpenAI in competing with Google. “Tesla is the only path that could even hope to hold a candle to Google.”
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The tech magnate has previously accused Microsoft of exerting control over OpenAI. Last November, he reiterated his accusations against the Nadella-led company, affirming, “They own the code, the weights, everything! And GPT runs in a Microsoft data center.”
On the flip side, Microsoft’s CEO has addressed Musk’s concerns and refuted the claims, stating, “OpenAI is very grounded in their mission of being controlled by a nonprofit board. We have a non-controlling interest in it. We have a great commercial partnership in it.”
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