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The legal battle between billionaire Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman over OpenAI's transition to a for-profit operating model continues to escalate.
Both sides have agreed to speed up the trial process, demonstrating their determination to bring this issue to legal light.
According to US federal court records, Mr. Musk and OpenAI have jointly proposed holding a trial in December this year.
A judge has denied Elon Musk’s request to temporarily halt the transition of OpenAI, but has agreed to hold a trial next fall, a new twist in a tense legal battle.
In a recent blog post, OpenAI welcomed the court's March 4 ruling, saying it prevented Elon Musk from furthering the company's efforts to further his own interests.
Billionaire Elon Musk co-founded OpenAI with Altman in 2015, but left the company before it became a major success. Then, in 2023, he founded xAI - a startup that directly competes with OpenAI.
In 2014, Mr. Musk sued OpenAI and Altman, accusing the company of deviating from its original mission: to develop Artificial Intelligence (AI) for the benefit of humanity, not for profit.
OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman have denied the allegations, with Altman even suggesting that Musk is deliberately stifling the development of competitors. The lawsuit centers on OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, moving to a for-profit model, which the company says is necessary to raise more capital and remain competitive in the AI industry.
OpenAI raised $6.6 billion in its most recent funding round, and is currently in talks with SoftBank Group for a $40 billion round. A common condition in these funding rounds is that OpenAI must restructure and remove control from the nonprofit.
The recently filed filing also revealed that CEO Sam Altman rejected a $97.4 billion takeover offer from a consortium led by billionaire Elon Musk and maintained that "OpenAI is not for sale"./.
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