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        "msgid": "vengeful-fury-elon-musk-demands-firing-of-chatgpt-creators-boss-1775613273",
        "date": "2026-04-08 07:55:00",
        "title": "Vengeful Fury: Elon Musk Demands Firing of ChatGPT Creator's Boss",
        "author": "",
        "source": "CNBC",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Business",
        "summary": "Elon Musk has escalated his legal battle against OpenAI by demanding that a court remove CEO Sam Altman and President Greg Brockman from their positions, accusing them of deceiving him into contributing US$38 million to the originally non-profit organisation. The lawsuit, filed in 2024, seeks to force OpenAI to revert to its non-profit status and highlights ongoing tensions in the AI industry, with Musk's xAI emerging as a direct competitor. OpenAI has countered by portraying Musk's actions as driven by ego and jealousy, while calling for investigations into his conduct.",
        "content": "<p>Elon Musk has asked the court to remove CEO Sam Altman and President\nGreg Brockman from their positions at OpenAI. Musk accuses both\nindividuals of lying to him. The request is detailed in legal documents\nfiled by Musk\u2019s lawyers on Tuesday (8\/4\/2026). The documents outline\nMusk\u2019s demands should the court rule in his favour in the lawsuit\nagainst OpenAI. Musk sued Altman and OpenAI in 2024. He alleges that\nOpenAI deceived him into donating US$38 million when the company was\nfounded about 10 years ago. At that time, according to Musk, OpenAI\ncommitted to remaining a non-profit entity. \u201cThe plaintiff wants the\ncourt to remove Altman\u2019s position as a director on the OpenAI non-profit\nboard and to remove Altman and Brockman\u2019s positions in the for-profit\nOpenAI entity,\u201d Musk\u2019s lawyer stated in the documents. Musk also\nrequests that the court force OpenAI to operate again as a non-profit\nentity. Following the restructuring in October, the OpenAI non-profit\nentity holds 26 per cent of shares in the for-profit OpenAI entity. In a\nsocial media post, OpenAI described Musk as \u201cpretending to redirect his\nattacks to the OpenAI Foundation.\u201d \u201cIn reality, this case is Elon\u2019s\ndesire for more power and wealth to fulfil his ambitions. His lawsuit is\nnothing more than a campaign to harass us, triggered by ego, jealousy,\nand an attempt to slow down the development of a rival company,\u201d OpenAI\nstated. Musk, Altman, and several others co-founded OpenAI as a\nnon-profit AI laboratory in 2015. In 2018, Musk left OpenAI after\nfailing to persuade the other founders to merge OpenAI with Tesla. In\n2023, Musk launched his own AI company called xAI. The company, now\nmerged with SpaceX, is the creator of the Grok chatbot, a rival to\nOpenAI\u2019s ChatGPT. The combined company of SpaceX with X [formerly\nTwitter] and xAI surpasses US$1.25 trillion. OpenAI has retaliated\nagainst Musk\u2019s actions by requesting that state prosecutors in\nCalifornia and Delaware investigate the world\u2019s richest man\u2019s conduct.\nOpenAI Chief Strategy Officer Jason Kwon accuses Musk of attempting to\ndisrupt OpenAI through various attacks, including colluding with Meta\nCEO Mark Zuckerberg.<\/p>",
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