Elon Musk launches legal action against OpenAI, saying it is a danger to humanity
ELON Musk has taken legal action against the world’s largest AI company, saying it is a danger to humanity.
The 52-year-old Tesla chief, who co-founded OpenAI in 2015, claimed profits came before transparency.
In Californian documents he accused OpenAI boss Sam Altman of “stark betrayal” for signing a £9 billion deal with Microsoft.
Mr Musk also said ChatGPT’s creators were working on artificial general intelligence – while computers are smarter than humans – without protection.
He wrote: “OpenAI not only develops an AGI, but refines it to maximize profits for Microsoft, rather than for the benefit of humanity.
“AGI is a serious threat to humanity.”
Microsoft is now the largest investor in the company, having provided $10 billion in funding last year to integrate OpenAI’s GPT systems into the Bing browser.
The lawsuit claims Musk, who quit OpenAI in 2018, contributed £100 million in seed funding.
Mr Musk now runs rival chatbot company xAI alongside social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
OpenAI and Microsoft were contacted for comment.