During the afternoon of this Thursday, April 10, the American research company OpenAI made the decision to sue the South African businessman and investor Elon Musk for allegedly trying to sabotage the reputation of Chatgptone of the chatbot applications with artificial intelligence (IA) most popular worldwide.
Elon Musk helped finance the creation of OpenAI in November 2015, so the company also decided to demand it for unfair competition and interference in their commercial relations, because, according to its executive director, Sam Altman, The South African carried out “Malicious campaigns” In the social network X (formerly Twitter).
“Through several attacks in the press, various malicious campaigns in the social network that controls, demands illegal stalkers and one false offer For all Chatgpt assets, Elon Musk has tried by all available means damage us In Openai, “the company wrote in a document registered in the California court.
The accusations against South African were presented as a contrademanda to the legal offensive that Musk filed against Openai and Altman in March 2024, When he denounced the American company for breach of contract, since – he said, “the company”He betrayed“To him and his foundational objectives.
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According to the legal team of South African, “the false offer” that Openai mentions was, in fact, a very serious proposalbut the company did not take the time to analyze it: “In January 2025, a consortium led by Musk presented an offer to acquire Chatgpt for US $ 97 thousand 400 million, but rejected it without having reviewed it.”
“If Openai had really considered the offer, as it was obliged to do, I would have seen what it would be. It is revealing that, having to pay the fair market value for Chatgpt assets, allegedly interferes with their business plans,” said Musk’s lawyer, Musk’s lawyer, Marc Toberoff, through a statement in social networks.
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Currently, what is really at stake in demand is Chatgpt’s transition to a for profitsince the entity led by Altman has become an organization that seeks to generate economic value through the sale of its services. Therefore, the benefits must be distributed among their shareholders.
Last February, a federal judge denied Elon’s request to prevent that Openai became a company for profit. The California Court determined that the trial will be held during the first three months of the 2026in order to consider all claims filed by Musk and his legal team.
“Elon Musk’s constant actions against us are only tactics of bad faith to stop OpenAi and take control of the main innovations in artificial intelligence for your personal benefit. For that reason we present a contrademanda to stop it“The executive director, Sam Altman, argued in his official X profile.
“Everyone knows that he has been spreading a lot of information false About us. But, in reality, we are preparing for build The best -equipped profit non -profit organization has ever seen; We are not turning“added the 39 -year -old American businessman and investor in his social networks.
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