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Technology

Mar. 4, 2024

Musk’s ‘swing for the fences’ suit against OpenAI has long odds

A lack of formality around the agreement between Musk and OpenAI’s co-founders and difficulty determining what constitutes “the benefit of humanity” may prove a stumbling block, experts say.

Musk’s ‘swing for the fences’ suit against OpenAI has long odds
Elon Musk, CEO of X and Tesla, in Washington on Sept. 13. (New York Times News Service)

Corporate law academics say that Elon Musk’s suit against OpenAI alleging breach of contract faces long odds, with “too many ambiguities” at play over the nature of the agreement and the limitations of OpenAI’s corporate charter.

Musk filed suit against OpenAI, its CEO Sam Altman and co-founder Greg Brockman in the San Francisco County Superior Court, alleging that they had broken the company’s founding agreement, claiming breach of contr...

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