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Elon Musk vs. OpenAI: Legal experts weigh in


The Elon Musk lawsuit filed yesterday against OpenAI, Sam Altman and Greg Brockman left legal experts scrambling to analyze the claims.

The Elon Musk lawsuit filed yesterday in California against OpenAI, CEO Sam Altman and president Greg Brockman left legal experts scrambling to analyze the bombshell claims. VentureBeat reached out to two legal experts for comment on the case: Anat Alon-Beck, associate professor at Case Western University School of Law, who focuses on corporate law and governace; and James Denaro, attorney and chief technologist at the Washington DC-based CipherLaw, which focuses on navigating the legal landscape of AI and intellectual property. “However, Musk does make a strong policy argument that if a company can launch as a non-profit working for the public benefit, collect pre-tax donations, and then transfer the IP into a for-profit venture, this would be a highly problematic paradigm shift for technology start-ups,” he pointed out.

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