ChatGPT-maker OpenAI hits back at Elon Musk criticism - BBC News

OpenAI rejects claims it is focusing too much on profit, saying it is an idea Elon Musk endorsed.

2 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty ImagesBy Liv McMahonTechnology reporterOpenAI, the makers of ChatGPT, have responded to a lawsuit by Elon Musk by making counter-accusations against him.

Mr Musk is suing the company he helped found, alleging it has abandoned its original mission of helping humanity.

He says it is focusing on generating profits for partner and major investor Microsoft instead.

But OpenAI says Mr Musk previously backed the idea of a for-profit structure and even suggested a merger with his car firm Tesla.

In a blog post on its website, OpenAI also claims Mr Musk at one point wanted "absolute control" of the company, before eventually leaving it in 2018.

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