Elon Musk seeks injunction to block OpenAI's plans to become for-profit 'Frankenstein': filing

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Elon Musk has asked a federal judge to block Sam Altman’s OpenAI from completing plans to become a for-profit entity – arguing that it would cause “irreparable harm” to the public.

In the filing late Friday in US District Court in San Francisco, Musk accused Altman of running afoul of antitrust law through OpenAI’s collaboration with Microsoft, which has poured billions into the ChatGPT maker.

Subway has ignored 'screams for help' from shop owners — and risks being 'gobbled up' by this fast-growing rivalWall Street veteran for over 60 years dead at 83: 'True giant in our industry' Musk accused Altman of deceiving him into forking over more than $44 million to bankroll OpenAI in its early days with a promise of developing safe AI for the benefit of mankind, only to abandon that mission in order to enrich himself and key investors, including Microsoft.Musk has also stepped up his rhetoric against Altman personally, calling him “Swindly Sam” in a recent X post.

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