Inside AI Policy

February 8, 2025

AI activists back Musk claims in high-profile legal dispute over OpenAI restructuring

By Rick Weber / January 16, 2025

The activist group Encode has filed a brief in a federal district court in support of Elon Musk’s claims against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman over the company’s plans to move toward a for-profit management structure backed by Microsoft, which Musk says would stifle AI innovation by undercutting competition for investments in the transformational technology.

Musk’s xAI company is a co-plaintiff in the case pending before the U.S. district court for northern California which has attracted increased attention since Musk was...


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