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OpenAI has urged a court to reject Elon Musk’s lawsuit against it and claimed Musk is only suing to create controversy and bolster his own AI venture, xAI. The feud began in February when Musk first sued OpenAI for deviating from its non-profit model. Despite withdrawing the lawsuit in June, Musk refiled in August, accusing OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman of misleading him into co-founding the organization. OpenAI has now asked for the case to be dismissed, arguing Musk’s allegations have no legal basis. The lawsuit will be heard on November 12th in Oakland, California.

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OpenAI has asked a court to throw out Elon Musk’s lawsuit against them, filed on October 8th. They’re claiming that Musk is only suing to stir up trouble and give his own AI venture, xAI, a leg up.

The whole drama started back in February when Musk, who said OpenAI had moved away from its original “not-for-profit” concept, initially filed a lawsuit against them. This led to waves of discussions in the AI world about whether OpenAI might change its approach to a more profit-driven model, as suggested in the lawsuit.

But Musk withdrew the suit in June, only to file a new one in August. In this latest one, Musk and his legal team have claimed that OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, had taken advantage of Musk’s concerns about AI’s potential risks to humanity, convincing him to co-found OpenAI, a supposedly non-profit venture, under false pretenses.

Now OpenAI is pushing back, asking the court to completely dismiss the case. They argue that Musk is just using this lawsuit to bully them, and insist that his accusations have no legal ground.

In their legal documentation, OpenAI is reported to assert that Musk used to be all-in with OpenAI’s mission, only to leave it when he didn’t manage to get control. The documents also suggest Musk is using the lawsuit to give his own AI venture, xAI, an unfair advantage in the market.

The court date for this lawsuit has been set for the 12th of November at the federal courthouse in Oakland, California.

Source: Cointelegraph