OpenAI fires back in spat with Elon Musk

Musk alleges the start-up’s close relationship with Microsoft has undermined its original mission of creating open-source technology free from undue corporate influence

OpenAi chief executive Sam Altman. Photograph: Dustin Chambers/Bloomberg

OpenAI fired back at a lawsuit filed against it by Elon Musk in a blog post Tuesday, using the billionaire’s own emails to show he backed the company’s plans to become a for-profit business and that he insisted it raise “billions” of dollars to be relevant compared with Google.

Musk filed the lawsuit last week against OpenAI, chief executive Sam Altman and president Greg Brockman, alleging the start-up had strayed from its mission to build responsible AI and that it ...