Musk seeks court order to block OpenAI’s for-profit conversion

Elon Musk has filed a preliminary injunction against OpenAI and Microsoft in California’s Northern District Court to prevent OpenAI’s transition to a for-profit entity. According to tech journalist Kyle Wiggers reporting for TechCrunch, the filing accuses OpenAI’s leadership, including CEO Sam Altman and Microsoft, of anticompetitive behavior and self-dealing. The motion claims the defendants are …

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Musk’s xAI scrambles to compete with ChatGPT maker

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI has raised $11 billion and reached a $50 billion valuation in its quest to surpass OpenAI. According to reporting by Meghan Bobrowsky, Berber Jin, and Tom Dotan for The Wall Street Journal, Musk launched xAI in summer 2023 after leaving OpenAI in 2018. His company built a massive data …

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