OpenAI countersues Elon Musk to stop his attacks and ‘fake takeover bid’

OpenAI filed a countersuit against Elon Musk connected Wednesday, saying on X that “Elon’s nonstop actions against america are conscionable bad-faith tactics to dilatory down OpenAI and prehend power of the starring AI innovations for his idiosyncratic benefit.”

In the lawsuit, OpenAI’s lawyers reason that “Musk’s continued attacks connected OpenAI, culminating astir precocious successful the fake takeover bid designed to disrupt OpenAI’s future, indispensable cease. Musk should beryllium enjoined from further unlawful and unfair action, and held liable for the harm helium has already caused.”

Musk, who was portion of the archetypal founding squad astatine OpenAI, initially sued last spring,  saying helium wanted to unit the institution to “return to its ngo to make AGI for the payment of humanity” alternatively of pursuing profits. (The Verge’s editor-in-chief, Nilay Patel, recovered Musk’s ineligible lawsuit against OpenAI “hilariously bad.”)

Musk dropped that suit in June but sued OpenAI again in August. In December, OpenAI published a blog post with the header “Elon Musk wanted an OpenAI for-profit,” with receipts. The lawsuit is scheduled to spell to proceedings in the outpouring of 2026.

Earlier this year, Musk besides offered $97.4 cardinal to bargain OpenAI, saying successful a connection that “it’s clip for OpenAI to instrumentality to the open-source, safety-focused unit for bully it erstwhile was.” OpenAI’s committee of directors unanimously rejected the offer, which today’s filing called a “sham bid.” 

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