Brockman said Musk wanted OpenAI to change its structure in 2017 because it was too difficult for the nonprofit to raise the amount of money needed to build advanced AI models.
He added that the founder of Tesla and SpaceX has made it clear that he wants to become the leader of OpenAI if it comes to that. Sam Altman, now the company’s chief executive officer, was the only other candidate.
Musk said he deserves a majority stake because of his business experience and that he intends to use that stake to build a self-sustaining city on Mars, Brockman said, reports Hina.
Elon Musk, the co-founder of OpenAI, is suing the company, claiming that it improperly became a for-profit organization, abandoned its charitable goals, and should return to non-profit operations.
The trial could determine the future of the company that has sparked a widespread craze for generative artificial intelligence following the launch of ChatGPT in late 2022.
Musk claims that Altman tricked him into donating $38 million to a non-profit organization, only for it to abandon its charitable goals and become a for-profit organization for personal enrichment. He is seeking $150 billion in damages from the non-profit organization and the removal of Altman and Brockman from their leadership positions.
OpenAI claims that Musk is bitter because he left the company before its biggest successes and now wants to take control. It also says it wants to bolster its own artificial intelligence company xAI, which is now part of SpaceX, with the lawsuit.
In March 2019, OpenAI restructured into a for-profit entity managed by a non-profit organization, allowing it to accept money from outside investors. Since then, it has raised more than $100 billion to hire researchers, buy computing power and expand operations, and plans a potential trillion-dollar initial public offering this year.
(Vijesti.ba)
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