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Has there been a successful suit against a company for "abandoning their founding mission"? Does anyone think that this suit will succeed? Another article: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/mar/01/elon-musk...
When the world’s richest man sues you, being a saint wouldn't be a reliable defence.
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You can sue for many reasons. For example, when a party breaks a contract, the other party can sue to compel the contract to be performed as agreed.
Specific performance is a last resort. In contract law, the bias is towards making the plaintiff whole, and frequently there are many ways to accomplish that (like paying money) instead of making the defendant specifically honor the terms of the original agreement.
Cancellation is a last resort.
Wouldn't you have to prove damages in a lawsuit like this? What damages does Musk personally suffer if OpenAI has in fact broken their contract?
Of course, this all depends on the investment details specified in a contract and the relevant law, both of which I am not familiar with.
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The public has no idea what non-profits are and a lot of things that people call 'profit seeking ventures' (ie. selling products) are done by many non-profits.
Most frequently "The CEO gets paid $X! Doesn't sound like a non-profit to me!" I hear this all the time. As if the people working there shouldn't be paid.
Maintaining the initial commitment becomes exceptionally challenging after attaining unforeseen success, a situation akin to a politician struggling to uphold pre-election promises once in office. EXACTLY, a year ago, an alarm echoed with urgency: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34979981
Truly the only reason they failed at keeping their original mission is when they stopped paying employees in cash.
> GPT-4 is an AGI algorithm That claim is audacious.
Would be insane if the court case ended up hinging on whether AGI had been achieved internally or not
You throw a lot of things at the judge and see what sticks.
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Well Elon was forced to buy Twitter that way
I think this is downvoted because (and I could be wrong) he could have paid a breakup fee instead of buying the business. So he wasn't compelled to actually own and operate the business.
Unsurprising turn of events. Musk can't stand not being at the top of the food chain, and it's been widely reported on that he's felt "left out" as AI has taken off while he has been consumed by the disaster he created for himself over at X - https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-ai-boom-openai-wal... I can imagine Musk losing sleep knowing that a smart, young, gay founder who refuses to show him deference is out…
If it's because I mentioned that Altman is gay - and I can't find another reason - I think that's relevant in context of Musk's recent hard shift rightward and his consistently aggressive, unprovoked behavior toward LGBTQ people. For some reason the topic looms large in his mind.
Maintaining the initial commitment becomes exceptionally challenging after attaining unforeseen success, a situation akin to a politician struggling to uphold pre-election promises once in office. EXACTLY, a year ago, an alarm echoed with urgency: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34979981