CoinVoice has recently learned that, according to TechCrunch, Musk's lawyers have applied for a preliminary injunction against OpenAI, several of its co-founders, and its investor and close partner Microsoft to prevent OpenAI and other designated defendants from engaging in anti-competitive behavior. Musk is one of the co-founders of OpenAI and left the company in 2018 due to disagreements over the company's direction.
This motion for an injunction was submitted late Friday in the Northern District of California, accusing OpenAI, its CEO Sam Altman, President Greg Brockman, Microsoft, LinkedIn co-founder and former OpenAI board member Reid Hoffman, and former OpenAI board member and Microsoft Vice President Dee Templeton of engaging in various illegal activities and seeking to halt these activities. These accusations include:
· Prevent investors from supporting OpenAI's competitors, such as Musk's own artificial intelligence company xAI;
· Benefit from "illegally obtained competitive sensitive information" through the relationship between OpenAI and Microsoft.;
· Transform OpenAI's governance structure into a profit-making entity and "transfer any significant assets, including intellectual property owned, held, or controlled by OpenAI, its subsidiaries, or affiliates";
· Cause OpenAI to conduct business with organizations that have "significant economic interests" in any of the defendants.
Musk's lawyers claim that if the injunction is not approved, it will cause "irreparable harm." [Original link]