Elon Musk just dropped his case against OpenAI

Back in February, billionaire meme machine Elon Musk filed a lawsuit against OpenAI. He alleged that the company betrayed its original vision and has basically become a profit machine for Microsoft. News about that case has slowed down as time went on, but it looks like Musk has had a change of heart. Elon Musk just dropped the case against OpenAI.

Elon Musk previously had ties to OpenAI; he was one of the company’s co-founders. Musk was involved with the company until he eventually left. Now that xAI is up and going, he has his own AI-focused company.

Be that as it may, he wasn’t done with OpenAI. He filed a lawsuit against the company complaining that it’s basically become a closed-off for-profit company rather than the non-profit firm providing AI for all. He also complained that the company keeps the source code for ChatGPT locked behind closed doors. There are other LLMs with their source code available to the public, so he shined a bad light on OpenAI.

Adding to the complaints, Musk also talked about the company’s close partnership with Microsoft. Rather than being an independent AI company, it’s basically become a subsidiary in his eyes. He feels that the company’s become a profit machine for Microsoft.

In his lawsuit, he wanted to force OpenAI to make its source code free for the public.

But, OpenAI struck back

Elon isn’t the only cat in this fight to bear claws. As a response, OpenAI released some emails basically revealing damning information. They reveal that Elon originally wanted OpenAI to do much of the same thing he’s reprimanding the company for.

There were emails sent back and forth between Musk and other staff that showed that Musk wanted OpenAI to be a sub-brand of Tesla. He wanted OpenAI to benefit from the money that Tesla was generating. This is no different from how OpenAI is benefiting from the money that Microsoft is giving it. Also, Musk agreed that the source code should be kept within the company.

Elon Musk dropped the case against OpenAI

In a surprising turn of events, Musk just dropped the case against OpenAI. According to a new report, he dropped the case just one day before the hearing where the judge would review OpenAI’s request to dismiss the case. So, it’s weird that he timed it like this.

The case was thrown out, but there’s the chance that he could bring the case back. While it would seem unlikely that he would do that, Elon Musk is hard to predict. So, it’s anyone’s guess.