OPENAI continues Elon Musk for unfair competition and interfere with its business relations with investors and customers, climbing a legal battle between the manufacturer of Chatgpt and the billionaire who helped finance the startup of artificial intelligence a decade ago.
The allegations against Musk were filed on Wednesday before a Federal Court in California as a reconvention request for the Tesla CEO trial against Openai, who heads for a trial before Jury next year.
Musk, a first Openai investor who now heads his own IA, XAI, Tesla, SpaceX, the social media platform XA and the Government Ministry of President Donald Trump, began a legal offensive against Openai and his CEO Sam Altman more than a year ago.
He first prosecuted for breach of contract on what he said was the betrayal of his The Foundation aims as a non -profit organization Research laboratory, then extended its claims.
A federal judge in March rejected Musk’s request for an order of the court preventing OpenAI from converting into a vitreous business But said that she could accelerate a trial to consider Musc statements. She proposed to keep a trial later this year, but it was postponed in March 2026.
In this week’s reconvention request, Openai accuses Musk of making a “simulation offer” in February to buy controlling participation in the non -profit organization.
Musk and a group of investors offered $ 97.4 billion For OpenAi’s active ingredients, a number said that Musk drew from the character 974 praf in the science fiction novel “Look to Windward” by Scottish writer Iain Banks. Musk also named part of his SpaceX machinery after ships in the book.
Openai said that he “recognized the offer as a feint” but had to several times to divert resources and “undergo damage following the illegal campaign of harassment, interference and disinformation of Musk”.
Musk’s lawyer Marc Toberoff, replied in an email on Wednesday evening and said that if Openai’s board of directors had “truly considered the offer, as they were forced to do, they would have seen how serious it was”.
“It is revealing that having to pay for a market value just for OpenAi assets to the allegedly” interfere “with their business plans,” wrote Toberoff.
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