On March 2, OpenAI's executives rejected a number of claims made by Elon Musk in the lawsuit, insisting in a memo to employees that the company remains independent, is committed to the benefit of humanity, and has not yet implemented general artificial intelligence in its products.
In a memo to employees, Chief Strategy Officer Jason Kwon said: Musk's allegations — including claims that GPT-4 is AGI, that open-sourcing our technology is key to getting the job done, and that we're actually a Microsoft subsidiary — don't reflect the reality of our work or mission.
CEO Sam Altman sent a follow-up message echoing the above statement and acknowledging that this year will be a difficult one for the company.
It's never going to be easy. Altman said in his memo that the attacks would happen constantly. 」
Also, I would like to update you on the situation of ** agency inquiries. After the incident in November last year, they asked for information, which was in line with what we expected in the current situation. Jason Kwon wrote. We are a law-abiding company committed to meeting all legal obligations and fully complying with the requirements of **. 」
Jason Kwon's memo aims to refute Musk's three main claims.
1.GPT-4 stands for AGI:: It is capable of solving many small tasks at work, but the ratio of work done by humans to work done by GPT-4 in the economy is still surprisingly high. Kwon wrote. Importantly, AGI will be a highly autonomous system with the ability to design novel solutions to long-standing challenges – something GPT-4 can't do. 」
2.OpenAI has abandoned its mission to benefit humanity: our challenge is to build AGI and ensure that its impact is maximized. Kwon wrote. We have found that the strategy of creating cutting-edge technology and making it widely available through APIs and products is best suited to achieve both parts of this mission, as we are able to attract the necessary capital to make technology widely available and provide the guardrails that are required by society and conscience. 」
3.It is a subsidiary of Microsoft. We decide what to research and build, how to run the company, who our products serve, and how to achieve our mission. He said. We also compete directly with Microsoft to provide the best value and products to businesses, developers, and ordinary people. As far as we know, OpenAI is the creator of ChatGPT and ChatGPT for Enterprise, while Microsoft offers Copilot and Copilot for Microsoft 365. 」