"There's been bad blood between them ever since - a lot of which has been playing out in the courts. In 2024, Musk sued OpenAI and Altman for violating its founding principles by pursuing profits over the public good. As the lawsuit dragged on, he then tried to get a federal judge to block OpenAI's restructuring from a non-profit into a purely for-profit company. The judge swatted down Musk's plea, but OpenAI has since given up on becoming an out-and-out for-profit."
"a brand new lawsuit filed this week by Musk's company xAI seems driven by rage that Altman keeps poaching his talent. As The Guardian reports, the suit filed in a California court accuses OpenAI of a "deeply troubling pattern" of hiring former xAI employees to gain access to its trade secrets, including the source code behind its prized chatbot Grok."
Elon Musk and Sam Altman cofounded OpenAI in 2015 as a nonprofit with an ostensibly altruistic mission. Musk left the company three years later after conflicts with Altman's leadership. Musk sued OpenAI and Altman in 2024, alleging pursuit of profits over the public good and attempted to block restructuring to a for-profit; a judge denied that request. OpenAI abandoned an outright for-profit conversion and is seeking public benefit corporation status while investor funding remains tied up. Musk later refiled suits, and xAI alleges that OpenAI systematically hires former xAI employees to obtain trade secrets, including Grok's source code.
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