Inside AI Policy

May 16, 2025

Musk renews legal attacks after OpenAI drops move to for-profit company

By Rick Weber / May 8, 2025

Elon Musk has renewed his legal attacks on OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman in a motion rejecting OpenAI’s counterclaims in a high-profile lawsuit initiated by Musk, after Altman earlier this week announced dropping plans for his company to become a for-profit entity.

OpenAI’s abandoned plans to restructure as a for-profit enterprise, to attract more investors for its AI research and development, are at the center of Musk’s lawsuit which has accused the company of fraud for backtracking on its founding...


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