A group of former Openai’s employees returns the Musk suit to stop the restructuring of Openai

Written by Anna Tong

SANA Francisco (Reuters)-Ten former employees of Openai on Friday supported the lawsuit of co-founder Elusk aimed at maintaining the non-profit situation of Openai, indicating the latest development in the conflict over the future of the AI ​​company.

Corporate leaders want to give investors control, withdraw a set of concerns and lawsuit from Musk and others who say commercial interests must be subject to humanitarian goals.

Last year, Musk, the CEO of Electric Carmaker Tesla, filed a lawsuit against Openai and its CEO Sam Altman, accusing Openai of its founding mission – to develop artificial intelligence for the benefit of humanity, not to win companies. Openai and Altman denied these allegations.

In her presentation to the Federal Court on Friday, former employees claimed that a non -profit stripping of its dominant role “violated mainly” its mission, because it will lose its supervision on the development of profit artificial intelligence.

The former Openai employees, who said that they have occupied technical and leadership roles in the company, said that a non -profit supervision was decisive to its comprehensive strategy, and while they worked in the executive company, executive or Openai officials repeatedly emphasized the importance of the temple in Openai’s ability to implement its mission. They said that the structure also helped to employ, and many employees joined because they were inspired by a non -profit mission.

Openai has argued that he needs to remove the role of controlling non -profit organizations in order to raise money from investors. The non -profit organization will retain a share in Openai, which will become increasingly valuable with the company’s growth, which enriches non -profit resources to implement its mission, the company says.

In a statement, Openai said that the transition will not affect its mission: “Our board of directors was very clear: it is not a profitability anywhere and our mission will remain the same.”

Musk and Altman composed the Chatgpt Openai maker in 2015, but Musk left before the company became a technology star. Musk’s opposition to change in the temple led to the current lawsuit, and the two parties are scheduled to start the trial of the jury in the spring of next year.

Musk recently continued to create his Amnesty International, Xai, in 2023, and Altman claims that Musk is trying to slow a competitor.

Meanwhile, Openai faces pressure from investors to change its structure. In order to obtain a $ 40 billion donation tour, the company must complete its transfer by the end of the year.

(I participated in the reports of Anna Tong in San Francisco; edited by Diane Kraft)