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 <li>OpenAI claims personal grievances, not legitimate concerns, drive Musk’s lawsuit.</li>  
 <li>According to internal emails, Musk once supported OpenAI's shift to a for-profit model.</li>  
 <li>The legal battle comes as OpenAI’s investors push for a quick completion of the profit transition.</li> 
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<a href="https://cryptofrontnews.com/openais-chatgpt-search-brings-real-time-internet-access-with-gpt-4o/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">OpenAI</a> has responded firmly to Elon Musk’s lawsuit, which seeks to block the company’s transition from a nonprofit to a for-profit model. The AI company claims that Musk's actions are driven by personal grievances rather than legitimate concerns about the shift.  
OpenAI’s legal team argues that Musk previously supported attempts to restructure the company, including efforts to introduce a for-profit arm.  
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OpenAI shared internal communications that reveal Musk was aware of the financial difficulties the organization faced in its early years. In 2018, he advised the company to raise "billions per year" to remain competitive immediately.&nbsp;  
Moreover, Musk had suggested transforming the company into a for-profit entity even before he left OpenAI. Records show Musk had proposed merging OpenAI with a hardware startup to form a for-profit AI research and hardware company.  
The legal battle centers on Musk’s objections to OpenAI’s collaboration with Microsoft and its move to a capped-profit model introduced in 2019. OpenAI argues that the for-profit structure was necessary to secure funding for advanced AI research, competing with giants like Google’s DeepMind.&nbsp;  
Musk’s lawsuit accuses the two companies of sharing proprietary information and undermining fair competition in the AI sector.  
Documents also highlight that <a href="https://cryptofrontnews.com/elon-musk-critiques-sam-altman-as-openai-shifts-to-for-profit-model/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">OpenAI</a> offered Musk equity in the for-profit arm several times, but he declined. Despite his past support for a for-profit structure, Musk’s recent actions suggest a shift in his stance, now claiming that OpenAI has abandoned its original mission.&nbsp;  
OpenAI’s defense emphasizes that Musk’s legal challenge stems from personal motivations rather than valid concerns. The company contends that Musk should focus on competing in the AI marketplace instead of taking his grievances to court.&nbsp;  
OpenAI’s partnership with <a href="https://cryptofrontnews.com/microsoft-shareholders-reject-bitcoin-proposal-citing-volatility-and-strategic-mismatch/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Microsoft</a> has come under scrutiny, with competitors like Google raising concerns about the dominance of these two companies in the cloud AI space.  
The legal dispute continues as OpenAI faces mounting pressure from investors to complete its for-profit transition. Terms in its latest funding round allow investors to withdraw if the shift is not finalized within two years.

OpenAI Pushes Back Against Musk’s Lawsuit Over Profit Shift

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