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OpenAI calls Elon Musk’s claims ‘incoherent’ in court filing

The company made its first legal response to Musk’s February lawsuit against the fast growing AI firm

OpenAI said Elon Musk’s allegations ‘rest on convoluted — often incoherent — factual premises’. Picture: Getty Images

OpenAI has lambasted Elon Musk’s allegations against it, saying in a court filing that the billionaire entrepreneur’s claims “rest on convoluted — often incoherent — factual premises”.

The strongly worded filing is the company’s first legal response to Musk’s February lawsuit against OpenAI; Sam Altman, its chief executive officer; and Greg Brockman, its president.

Musk alleged the startup had strayed from its mission to build responsible artificial intelligence and that it had become beholden to ...