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MUSK TESTIFIES HE'S SUING OPENAI TO STOP ALTMAN'S ‘LOOTING'

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Elon Musk says that OpenAI's pivot from a charity to a for-profit business is wrong and sets a concerning precedent for other philanthropic efforts. He is suing OpenAI and its co-founders, seeking the unwinding of the for-profit restructuring of OpenAI. Musk says he felt that OpenAI's founders took advantage of his money, reputation, and guidance to get the startup off the ground, only to abandon its public-focused principles and capitalize on the project for their own benefit. OpenAI's attorneys say that the lawsuit is primarily an attempt to undermine a top competitor to Musk's own AI company.