In a big-time legal move around mid-november Elon Musk expanded his lawsuit against OpenAI – adding tech-giant Microsoft and its board member Reid Hoffman to the list of defendants (who was once part of OpenAIʼs leadership team)
The updated legal papers filed in San Francisco claim that Microsoft and OpenAIʼs CEO Sam Altman worked together to change the companys non-profit mission; turning it into a money-making setup that would help Microsoft get ahead. The suit points to antitrust law problems in this team-up
The case started about 9 months ago when Musk first went after OpenAI but now its grown bigger with new claims. The suit says Microsoft – maker of Windows and other tech stuff – played a key role in pushing OpenAI away from its original goals. This shift happened as Microsoft became OpenAIʼs main money source: helping them make stuff like ChatGPT
The whole thing shows how complex things got between these tech-world players. Musk who gives advice to Trump these days thinks the partnership between Microsoft and OpenAI breaks rules about fair competition. He believes they changed what OpenAI was meant to be – from helping everyone to helping just some big companies