In Musk's latest complaint against OpenAI on Thursday, he revealed that OpenAI founder and CEO Sam Altman had planned to launch a cryptocurrency ICO in early 2018 to help the company make profits, but it was vetoed by Musk, who was the co-chairman of the board of directors at the time. . (Previous summary: OpenAI publicly responded to Musk: General artificial intelligence (AGI) can benefit mankind, but "does not mean open source") (Background supplement: Musk sued OpenAI and Sam Altman: becoming Microsoft's money printing machine and deviating from non-profit (Open source purpose) Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed in the latest revised complaint against OpenAI on the 14th that the two founders of OpenAI, current CEO Sam Altman and president Greg Brockman, had hoped to OpenAI's cryptocurrency was issued in early 2018 to help the company make profits by raising funds through ICO (Initial Coin Offering). OpenAI once planned to issue ICO coins, but Musk vetoed it. However, the plan was severely vetoed by Musk, who was the co-chairman of the company's board of directors. According to TechCrunch, Musk and his legal team attached as evidence Altman’s email to Musk in January 2018 in the latest complaint, in which Musk wrote: “Please note that I have been working with some security teams "I want to emphasize the need for confidentiality, but I think we get support and give people the opportunity to participate as early as possible," Altman said of the ICO plan. Very important." In the end, Musk rejected OpenAI's ICO plan, "I have considered the ICO method, but will not support it." "In my opinion, this will only lead to the credibility of OpenAI and everyone related to the ICO. Huge loss. Source: TechCrunch Musk told Microsoft that Musk was one of the original founders of OpenAI and invested $44 million in the startup. The company was originally founded as a nonprofit to research and develop artificial intelligence for the benefit of all humanity, but Musk left the company in 2018 due to disagreements with its direction. Musk filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman in San Francisco Superior Court at the end of February this year, accusing them of violating the non-profit agreement when the company was established, and claiming that the company had become a closed-source subsidiary of Microsoft to maximize profits rather than for Developing artificial general intelligence (AGI) for human welfare. The lawsuit was withdrawn in July, but Musk refiled it in August, alleging fraud, violations of the federal RICO Act (Organized Crime Control Act), unfair competition and other charges. The amended complaint, filed on November 14, names new defendants: Microsoft, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and former OpenAI board member and Microsoft vice president Dee Templeton. New plaintiffs were also added: Shivon Zilis, CEO of Musk’s brain-computer interface company Neuralink and former OpenAI board member (she is also the mother of Musk’s three children) and Musk’s AI company xAI. In addition, California Attorney General Rob Bonta has also been included in the list of defendants in the case. It was reported earlier this month that OpenAI is negotiating with Bonta’s office on the process of changing its corporate structure. People familiar with the matter broke the news to Bloomberg that OpenAI is in the process of Consider transforming into a for-profit company and possibly issue 7% equity to Sam Altman for the first time. One of the options being discussed is becoming a B Corp (B Corp). Further reading: Bloomberg: OpenAI is discussing with regulators to transform into a for-profit company. Valuation and Microsoft equity allocation are the focus. Musk accuses OpenAI of monopolizing the AI ​​market. Musk’s latest complaint also claims that OpenAI occupies about 70% of the generative AI market. , this "constitutes a monopoly", or at least attempts to monopolize the market. Musk's lawyers argue that OpenAI is now actively trying to eliminate competing products like xAI by "demanding commitments from investors not to fund its competitors." In addition, the company unfairly benefited from Microsoft's infrastructure and expertise, constituting a "de facto merger." "xAI has been harmed and cannot obtain computing resources from Microsoft on the same favorable terms as OpenAI. OpenAI and Microsoft also involve the exclusive exchange of competitive and sensitive information." Related reports OpenAI denounced Musk as sinister: If you don't get it, you want to destroy it ! Want to take the opportunity to steal patented technology and fully counterattack Musk! OpenAI showed a counterattack from a letter 8 years ago. Musk choked: he changed his name to ClosedAI and then withdrew the lawsuit. Are you dissatisfied with OpenAI’s plan to transform into a for-profit company? The soul chief technology officer and two important researchers resigned at the same time. OpenAI completed new financing and its valuation soared to 157 billion mg. Microsoft.Huida and SoftBank participated in the investment, but they must comply with one condition: "OpenAI shocked the original plan of "ICO currency issuance" in 2018! But it was rejected by Musk for one reason. "This article was first published in BlockTempo (the most influential blockchain news media).