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OpenAI’s board of directors raised questions on Wednesday regarding Elon Musk and a group of investors’ proposal to acquire the artificial intelligence company for $97.4 billion. The bid, announced on Monday, comes from a coalition led by Musk and aims to take control of the nonprofit organization overseeing OpenAI. This development intensifies an ongoing dispute between Musk and OpenAI’s CEO, Sam Altman.
In a recent legal document, OpenAI indicated that Musk’s offer contradicts previous statements he made in a lawsuit against the organization last year. OpenAI’s stance is that Musk claimed in his suit that the nonprofit’s assets should remain intact and not be handed over to a for-profit entity for public benefit.
Essentially, OpenAI is accusing Musk of duplicity. In earlier arguments, Musk insisted that OpenAI should be operated under a nonprofit framework; now, the organization asserts he is reversing his position.
As of now, the OpenAI board has not officially dismissed Musk’s bid. Lawyer Marc Toberoff, who represents Musk in the lawsuit against OpenAI, commented to The New York Times that the case is not solely about ownership of OpenAI but highlights alleged misconduct by Altman and the organization itself. Toberoff added that if the OpenAI board agrees to remove the “For Sale” label from the charity’s assets during its restructuring efforts, Musk would retract his offer. However, he expressed skepticism that OpenAI would take that step.
