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Elon Musk withdraws lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman


Elon Musk drops lawsuit against OpenAI, claiming deviation from mission, after public disapproval of Apple collaboration.

Elon Musk has decided to drop his lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, which he had initiated after claiming they deviated from their foundational mission of creating artificial intelligence to benefit humanity. Musk had accused OpenAI’s early team of intending to develop AGI “for the benefit of humanity.” Still, it claimed it had shifted toward a profit-driven model under significant influence from Microsoft, its main investor. In March, OpenAI released a blog post that displayed several of Musk’s early emails to the company, suggesting he recognized the need for substantial funding to support the development of AI models.

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