According to TechFlow, on August 5, the New York Times reported that Elon Musk reopened the lawsuit against OpenAI and its founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, accusing them of violating the company's founding contract and putting commercial interests above the public interest.

Musk withdrew the original lawsuit seven weeks ago without giving an explanation. The lawsuit claims that Sam Altman and Greg Brockman promised to develop artificial intelligence for the benefit of humanity when they co-founded OpenAI with Musk, but then reneged on that promise by establishing a multi-billion dollar partnership with Microsoft. OpenAI has not yet responded to the lawsuit.

Musk parted ways with OpenAI in 2018 due to an internal power struggle, and Altman subsequently transformed OpenAI into a for-profit company and raised $13 billion from Microsoft. In 2022, OpenAI launched ChatGPT, which inspired the AI ​​competition in the industry. The new complaint also claims that OpenAI violated federal racketeering laws, alleging that its contract with Microsoft would no longer have the rights to the relevant technology after OpenAI achieves AGI.