Elon Musk Says He Will Drop Lawsuit Against OpenAI If It Changes Its Name To 'ClosedAI'

Just a day after Sam Altman¡¯s OpenAI issued its statement in response to Elon Musk filing a lawsuit against the company, the billionaire has again attacked the chatGPT maker and proposed a ceasefire in the legal battle.

Elon Musk Wants OpenAI To Change Its Name To 'ClosedAI'

Elon Musk declared on X (formerly Twitter) that he would drop the lawsuit against OpenAI if they agree to change its name to 'ClosedAI'. The tweet is going viral, with more than 1.3 million views already in a few hours.

To ClosedAI and I will drop the lawsuit

¡ª Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 6, 2024

Not many are aware that Elon Musk is among the co-founders of OpenAI.

Elon Musk¡¯s Allegations Against OpenAI

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Elon Musk sued OpenAI last week, claiming that the startup had strayed from its original goal of creating artificial intelligence for the good of humanity rather than for financial gain. The California Superior Court in San Francisco received the lawsuit.

Musk is suing OpenAI for breach of contract, saying that the startup, which was founded in 2015, is now primarily focused on making money, despite his requests to establish an open-source, nonprofit organization from co-founder Greg Brockman and Sam Altman. Elon Musk claims that the three OpenAI founders first chose to concentrate on artificial general intelligence (AGI), or the theory that machines could carry out tasks that humans would find difficult in order to "benefit humanity," as expressed in the lawsuit.

Musk is asking for a court order that would force OpenAI to make its technology and research available to the general public and forbid the startup from using any of its assets¡ªincluding GPT-4¡ªfor Microsoft or any other party's financial gain.

OpenAI¡¯s Response To Elon Musk¡¯s Allegations

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Top OpenAI officials have refuted multiple assertions made by Elon Musk in his lawsuit, according to a memo published last week. "It was never going to be a cakewalk," OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wrote. "The attacks will keep coming."

In its statement yesterday amid Elon Musk¡¯s lawsuit, OpenAI has said "In late 2017, we and Elon decided the next step for the mission was to create a for-profit entity. Elon wanted majority equity, initial board control, and to be CEO.¡± Click here to read the entire response by OpenAI.

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