Elon Musk says OpenAI was his idea, before executives looted it [View all]

OAKLAND, California, April 28 (Reuters) - Elon Musk took the stand on Tuesday at a high-stakes trial over the future of OpenAI, casting his lawsuit against the ChatGPT maker as a defense of charitable giving.

The world's richest person is suing OpenAI, its co-founder and Chief Executive Sam Altman and its President Greg Brockman, saying they betrayed him and the public ‌by abandoning OpenAI's mission to be a benevolent steward of AI for humanity, and transforming the nonprofit into a profit-seeking juggernaut.

“If we make it OK to loot a charity, the entire foundation of charitable ‌giving in America will be destroyed," Musk testified on the first day of the trial. "That’s my concern.”

Musk, who founded automaker Tesla and rocket company SpaceX, characterized OpenAI as his brainchild as well.

https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/musk-lawyer-says-openai-stole-164130414.html

Musk did not found Tesla he invested in it.