Oh, and he wants his $44 million in donations back.
The lawsuit itself isnt a surprise.
Along with OpenAI president Greg Brockman, Musk and Altman launched the nonprofit OpenAI.
After publicly expressing his disappointment in OpenAI for years, Elon Musk is putting his money where his mouth is in a new lawsuit.Illustration: Jody Serrano / Gizmodo / Getty Images
He also played a key role in recruiting OpenAIs former chief scientist, Ilya Sutskever, away from Google.
In total, Musk has given OpenAI more than $44 million throughout the years.
The possibility of transforming OpenAI from a nonprofit foundation to a for-profit company was reportedly cast aside in 2017.
According to the lawsuit, Brockman and others went to Musk with the idea, which he shot down.
Altman reportedly agreed with Musk in his response, stating that he remains enthusiastic about the non-profit structure!
OpenAI would proceed to create a for-profit arm in 2019.
However, Altman has not kept that promise, according to the lawsuit.
Gizmodo reached out to OpenAI and Microsoft for comment on Musks lawsuit but did not immediately hear back.
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