Elon Musk unexpectedly drops case against OpenAI
Elon Musk has unexpectedly asked a California court to withdraw a legal case against OpenAI and its boss Sam Altman, which accused them of abandoning the firm's founding mission of developing artificial intelligence (AI) for humanity's benefit.
The filing submitted by the multi-billionaire's lawyers asked for the months-old case to be dropped without offering any reason for the move.
The latest filing asked for the case's dismissal "without prejudice", meaning Mr Musk could still reactivate it at a later stage.
The Tesla boss filed the lawsuit against OpenAI at the end of February this year, arguing the company he had helped found in 2015 had deviated from its altruistic goals to focus on making money.
OpenAI countered that Mr Musk had previously backed the idea of a for-profit structure and even suggested a merger with his electric car firm Tesla.
The feud intensified earlier this week after Apple unveiled a partnership with OpenAI to boost its Siri voice assistant and operating systems with OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot.
