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OpenAI shares Elon Musk's emails, says he wanted 'full control' of the company

The AI plot thickens.

Last week, Tesla CEO Elon Musk filed a lawsuit against ChatGPT creator OpenAI, claiming it breached an agreement between early backers when it transitioned into a for-profit company and received a big funding check from Microsoft, and asking it to go open-source and nonprofit again. One email also indicates that he knew and agreed with OpenAI's plans to eventually stop sharing all its work as open source. Also, it's likely that a lot more correspondence exists between Musk and OpenAI's founders and investors, painting a fuller picture of everyone's intentions towards the company.

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