Musk seeks $134 billion from OpenAI, Microsoft
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Elon Musk has escalated his legal battle with OpenAI and its key partner Microsoft, seeking damages ranging from $79 billion to $134 billion, alleging that the artificial intelligence firm defrauded him by abandoning its original nonprofit mission and transforming into a commercial enterprise.
OpenAI says Elon Musk supported a for-profit structure as early as 2017 but later quit after failing to secure full control, accusing him of cherry-picking internal records in a lawsuit that now threatens the company's future and its ties to Microsoft.
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