Elon Musk has unexpectedly requested a California court to withdraw his legal case against OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman. The lawsuit accused OpenAI of straying from its original mission of developing artificial intelligence for the benefit of humanity. Musk’s lawyers submitted the filing, which did not provide a reason for the withdrawal, just a day before a scheduled hearing on OpenAI's motion to dismiss the case.
The filing requests the case's dismissal "without prejudice," allowing Musk the option to reactivate it in the future. Musk initially filed the lawsuit in late February, alleging that OpenAI, which he co-founded in 2015, had shifted its focus from altruistic goals to profit-making.
The dispute escalated when Apple announced a partnership with OpenAI to enhance its Siri voice assistant with ChatGPT. Following the announcement, Musk criticized the partnership on his social media platform X (formerly Twitter), claiming, "Apple has no clue what’s actually going on once they hand your data over to OpenAI. They’re selling you down the river." Despite his criticism, Apple’s stock value rose to a record high above $3 trillion.
OpenAI countered Musk's accusations by noting that he had previously supported a for-profit structure and had even suggested a merger with his electric car company, Tesla.
In July 2023, Musk launched his own AI company, xAI, aiming to "understand reality." By November, xAI introduced Grok, a chatbot with a touch of humor, to compete with ChatGPT and similar AI technologies.
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