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Elon Musk seeks ouster of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman as part of suit
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Elon Musk is seeking to have OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and President Greg Brockman removed from their roles as officers in the company as part of a case that's expected to go to trial later this month.
Key facts
- Musk sued Altman and OpenAI in 2024, claiming the artificial intelligence company that he helped start almost a decade earlier "assiduously manipulated" and "deceived" him into donating $38 million
- In February, Musk's SpaceX acquired xAI, which also owns X (formerly Twitter) in a deal that valued the combined entity at $1.25 trillion
- Elon Musk is seeking to have OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and President Greg Brockman removed from their roles as officers in the company as part of a case that's expected to go to trial later this month
- Musk, Altman and others co-founded OpenAI as a nonprofit AI lab in 2015
Summary
In a legal filing on Tuesday, Musk's lawyers laid out specific remedies their client is seeking if a judge and jury determine that Altman and OpenAI defrauded Musk, the world's richest person. Musk sued Altman and OpenAI in 2024, claiming the artificial intelligence company that he helped start almost a decade earlier "assiduously manipulated" and "deceived" him into donating $38 million, based on promises that the entity would remain a nonprofit. "Plaintiff will seek an order removing Altman as a director from the OpenAI nonprofit board and removing both Altman and Brockman as officers of the OpenAI for-profit," Musk's lawyers said in Tuesday's filing.