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No peace at hand between OpenAI, Musk over claims of 'looting' ChatGPT parent

By Mike Swift ( May 21, 2025, 00:31 GMT | Comment) -- Even though OpenAI pivoted this month to propose that the AI company will continue to be overseen and controlled by the nonprofit it was founded as a decade ago, the change doesn't appear to have reduced the heat in the legal dispute between Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. In an exchange of combative court filings over the past month regarding Musk's claim that Altman's goal was to "loot" OpenAI by transforming it to a for-profit entity, the two sides even bickered over the significance of an arcane science fiction character, 974 Praf, to Musk's bid to buy OpenAI.Sam Altman and OpenAI recently backtracked on their plan to transform the AI giant from a nonprofit into more of a for-profit entity, but there are no signs the move will cause Elon Musk and his xAI company to drop their litigation against the AI company Musk helped found....

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