Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg wants to push back against Sam Altman's push to strip OpenAI of its non-profit status, a move that would leave the tech giant with a long-time rival. That puts me in the same position as a certain Elon Musk.
Facebook and Instagram's parent companies will have a “seismic impact on Silicon Valley” if they allow the ChatGPT maker's planned transition to a for-profit organization, according to a letter sent to California Attorney General Rob Bonta. he warned.
“OpenAI should not be allowed to ignore the law by taking assets it has built as a charity, reappropriating them, and using them for potentially enormous private gain,” Mehta said last Thursday and 1. Written in a letter dated. The Wall Street Journal reported.
Earlier this month, Musk and former OpenAI board member Siobhan Gillis asked a federal judge in San Francisco to block the pioneering AI company from turning it into a commercial company.
His lawyer likened OpenAI to a “Frankenstein piece of corporate structure that served Microsoft and Altman's financial interests at the time.”
The injunction request is an escalation of Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI, which he co-founded in 2015 but later turned against after clashing with Altman. Musk has since launched his own artificial intelligence startup, xAI.
Despite Zuckerberg and Musk's public and private spat over the years and nearly facing off in a cage match last year, Mehta stood by Musk in a letter to Bonta.
“While we urge your office to also take direct action, we believe that Mr. Musk and Mr. Gillis are qualified and well-positioned to represent the interests of Californians on this issue,” the letter said. It is written in
Bonta's office and OpenAI did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Mehta's letter.
OpenAI, which has been led by a nonprofit board since 2015, plans to reorganize as a for-profit public benefit corporation. The company's nonprofit arm will continue, but will no longer be under management.
Mr. Altman's company fought back against the injunction last week, claiming that Mr. Musk had initially supported OpenAI's status as a for-profit company, but withdrew after losing a bid for full control and securing a majority stake. Published a large number of emails and texts.
Altman insisted last week that he was “not really worried” about Musk's influence over President-elect Trump's administration.
Musk has emerged as a key adviser to President Trump and is set to become co-head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which is tasked with eliminating waste in the government.
“It's deeply un-American for a company like Elon to use political power to harm their competitors and benefit their own business,” Altman told the New York Times. “And I don't think people would tolerate that. I don't think Elon would do that.”
