IT Home reported on March 7 that Elon Musk recently said in X that if OpenAI agrees to change the name to "ClosedAI", he will withdraw the lawsuit against OpenAI.
Previously, Musk filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, who claimed that they violated the original contractual agreement between the two parties regarding the development of artificial intelligence.
OpenAI was quick to push back against Musk's allegations, saying that at the heart of the conflict between the two sides was discussions around the shift to a for-profit structure. According to OpenAI, Musk has offered to merge with Tesla or take full control of OpenAI, but these demands do not align with OpenAI's mission.
IT Home has reported that OpenAI released a long blog post "OpenAI and Elon Musk" yesterday, explaining the relationship between OpenAI and Musk, and why Musk finally left.
In response, Musk issued a direct challenge: "Change the name to ClosedAI, and I will drop the lawsuit." Musk further criticized OpenAI, saying the group needed to abandon its "hypocritical pretenses."
OpenAI disclosed in the above blog post that Musk had proposed conditions such as obtaining a majority stake in OpenAI, initial board control, and CEO position. However, negotiations are said to have stalled due to Musk's cessation of financial support, and OpenAI has rejected his offer.
OpenAI's co-founders, including Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever, John Schulman, Sam Altman, and Wojciech Zaremba, insisted that they could not support an agreement granting absolute control to any individual because it would go against their organizing ethos.
Musk then left OpenAI, citing the need for a strong competitor to counter Google's Deepmind, and said he would tackle the challenge independently.