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Re:OpenAI and Elon Musk by mlsu on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @10:44PM (#39612059)
Whether it is Elon or Altman that controls it has nothing to do with how open or not openAI is. And it has become very clear that OpenAI is nothing but Microsoft in a trenchcoat.

No matter his motives, I applaud this lawsuit. Who cares if his talk doesn't match his action? His action, here, is good.

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Re:OpenAI and Elon Musk by lern_too_spel on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @11:46PM (#39612424)
Musk's lawsuit is for breach of contract, but it looks like Musk agreed with what OpenAI did, which means the lawsuit will fail.

From the complaint:

> Together with Mr. Brockman, the three agreed that this new lab: (a) would be a non-profit developing AGI for the benefit of humanity, not for a for-profit company seeking to maximize shareholder profits; and (b) would be open-source, balancing only countervailing safety considerations, and would not keep its technology closed and secret for proprietary commercial reasons (The “Founding Agreement”).

The biggest beneficiary of this lawsuit is Google, which now gets more runway to bumble along to victory.

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Re:OpenAI and Elon Musk by gandutraveler on Wednesday March 06, 2024 @05:39AM (#39614476)
Do you also own a Tesla?
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