WASHINGTON, Mar 2: OpenAI dismissed Elon Musk’s lawsuit claims, adding that they’re still focused on humanity’s benefit and haven’t reached artificial general intelligence, Axios reported on Friday.
According to the report, in a memo by chief strategy officer Jason Kwon to employees, he stated that Elon Musk’s allegations, such as GPT-4 being AGI, the necessity of open-sourcing technology, and being a subsidiary of Microsoft, misrepresent the company’s actual work and mission.
CEO Sam Altman sent a message reaffirming Kwon’s views, admitting the year ahead will be difficult and warning that challenges will continue, the report added.
Last month, US billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk filed a lawsuit against an artificial intelligence (AI) research organisation, OpenAI, Inc., claiming it shifted from its goal of developing artificial intelligence for human benefit to pursuing corporate interests.
The lawsuit said OpenAI’s Founding Agreement aimed to develop artificial general intelligence (AGI) as a non-profit for humanity’s benefit, focusing on open-source work and not hiding technology for profit.
However, despite releasing its advanced GPT-4 in March 2023, OpenAI, led by CEO Sam Altman, deviated from its mission by keeping the model’s design secret, available only to itself and, allegedly, Microsoft, with no public disclosures, the lawsuit said.
The lawsuit added that OpenAI’s secrecy around GPT-4, developed with contributions for public benefit, is for commercial reasons, making it essentially “a de facto Microsoft proprietary algorithm” used in their Office suite. (UNI)
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