Elon Musk’s ongoing lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft has escalated into a major confrontation over whether OpenAI remained faithful to its founding principles or shifted away from them while still benefiting from its original mission statement. Musk is demanding damages ranging from $79 billion to $134 billion, a sum calculated by experts who consider his initial investments and involvement as crucial to OpenAI’s later success.
Despite the staggering amount at stake, the core issue is straightforward: Musk maintains that he was instrumental in establishing and financing a nonprofit organization devoted to advancing artificial intelligence for the benefit of society. He now claims that OpenAI ultimately strayed from this goal, betraying its original purpose in the process.