OpenAI says in memo that Musks claims ‘stem from Elon’s regrets’ that he’s not part of company
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OpenAI executives disputed claims Elon Musk laid out in a lawsuit on Thursday, and said the Tesla CEO is upset that hes no longer part of the artificial intelligence startup. “We believe the claims in this suit may stem from Elon’s regrets about not being involved with the company today,” wrote OpenAI Chief Strategy Officer Jason Kwon in an internal memo on Friday that was viewed by CNBC. The companys convoluted "capped-profit" structure resulted in Altman being briefly ousted by the board late last year, before an uproar among investors and employees led to his quick reinstatement. Musk has long wanted recognition for his central role in the creation of OpenAI, and he spent large chunks of the lawsuit telling his version of events. His lawyers said in the suit that Musk was approached in 2015 by Altman and OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman and agreed to form a nonprofit lab that would develop artificial general intelligence, or AGI, outside of the corporate sphere.
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