Elon Musk gets support from ex-OpenAI employees in legal battle over AI firm’s mission

12 former OpenAI employees have filed an amicus brief in a lawsuit brought by Elon Musk. The data scientists and engineers argue that the ChatGPT maker has abandoned its non-profit roots and betrayed the mission that originally attracted them to the AI startup.

“If the OpenAI nonprofit agreed to a change in the OpenAI corporate structure which took away its controlling role, that would fundamentally violate its mission,” the former employees say in their petition.