[Market Trends] Elon Musk sues Open AI and co-founder over alleged switch to for-profit | NBC News
📌 Musk vs. OpenAI: The Battle Over AI's Soul
Elon Musk is suing OpenAI, which he initially funded as a nonprofit, for transitioning into a for-profit organization tied to Microsoft, making it a closed-source entity valued at around $90 billion. Musk's lawsuit partly claims that OpenAI's shift to profit maximization and its development's secrecy deviates from its original open-source, nonprofit ethos. Musk's concern over big tech's AI dominance, shared with co-founder Sam Altman, aimed at OpenAI being open and non-profit to prevent monopolistic control by companies like Google and Microsoft. OpenAI defends its commitment to benefiting humanity, emphasizing a balance between openness and proprietary practices.