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Elon Musk accused of making up math to squeeze $134B from OpenAI, Microsoft
Musk’s math reduced ChatGPT inventors’ contributions to “zero,” OpenAI argued.
TL;DR
- Elon Musk is seeking $79 billion to $134 billion in damages from OpenAI and Microsoft.
- Musk's lawsuit accuses OpenAI of abandoning its nonprofit mission.
- Expert C. Paul Wazzan calculated damages based on Musk's financial and nonmonetary contributions.
- OpenAI and Microsoft argue Wazzan's math is flawed and "made up."
- They contend Wazzan ignored key facts, like the disagreement over Musk's equity stake, and included irrelevant information, such as Musk's stake in xAI.
- OpenAI suggests the lawsuit is a harassment campaign to help Musk's rival AI firm, xAI, catch up.
- OpenAI and Microsoft are seeking to exclude Wazzan's opinions from the trial.