A dozen former openiAI employees on Friday filed a legal brief in the purpose of maintaining the non-profit situation of openiI, supporting the case of co-founder Elon Musk, in which the latest development was identified in the controversy over the future of the Artificial Intelligence firm.
Corporate leaders want to control investors, draw a case from a host of concerns and musk and others who say that business interests should be subject to human goals.
Last year, MuskWho is also the CEO of the electric car manufacturer Teslatrial Openi And its CEO Sam AltmanAccusing AI for the good of humanity, not corporate benefits, accusing Openi from its founder mission. Openai and Altman denied the allegations.
In filing in his federal court on Friday, former employees stated that snatching the non-profit organization of its controlled role would “violate” its mission “fundamentally”, as this profit-profit would lose the monitoring of the AI development unit.
Former Openai employees, who said that they played the role of technical and leadership in the company, stated that the monitoring of non -profit was important for its overall strategy, and when they worked in the firm, OpenAII officials had repeatedly emphasized the importance of OpenEI’s ability to execute on their mission. He said that this structure also helped in recruitment, and many employees joined as they were inspired by non -profit missions, they said.
Openai has argued that it needs to remove non -profit control role from investors to raise funds. The non -profit organization will maintain a stake in Openi that enriches the non -profit institution with deep resources to fulfill its mission to enrich the non -profit institution with the growth of the company, the company’s argument.
In a statement, Openai said that the transition will not affect its mission: “Our board is very clear: Our non -profit organization is not going anywhere and our mission will remain the same.”
Kasturi and Altman Kofounded Puffy In 2015, the maker opened, but Musk left before the company became a technology star. Musk’s opposition to the change in structure led to the current suit, and the two sides are ready to start a jury test in the next year.
Recently Musk also went to make his AI firm, XaiIn 2023, and Altman alleged that Musk was trying to slow down a contestant.
Meanwhile, openi, faces pressure from investors to change its structure. In order to secure $ 40 billion (about Rs 3,44,386 crore) for Openai, the company will have to complete its transition by the end of the year.
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