This lawsuit has always been driven by Elon’s personal and financial interests in advancing his for-profit AI company. As his own emails confirm, he sought to merge a for-profit OpenAI into Tesla under his control. When we declined, he left, unable to take command. Now, after witnessing our progress without him, he has resorted to meritless litigation while simultaneously attempting to replicate our advancements through his own multi-billion-dollar, for-profit enterprise.
Last week, the court denied Elon’s request for a preliminary injunction, determining that he had not “demonstrated a likelihood of success on the merits.” Beyond that, the court went even further by dismissing several of his claims outright. This ruling is a significant step toward putting this baseless lawsuit behind us.
As Elon is learning, facts matter—especially in court. One fact he continues to misrepresent is the status of our non-profit. Contrary to his claims, there is no “conversion” of the non-profit underway.
We welcome the opportunity to make this clear in court: (1) the non-profit remains a central pillar of our mission, and (2) we are committed to ensuring it is not only supported by a successful business but also in a stronger position than ever before. For years, we have operated with for-profit subsidiaries, and any structural adjustments will be designed to enhance, not undermine, the non-profit’s ability to fulfill its mission.
Our Board has been unequivocal in its commitment to strengthening the non-profit for the long term. We are not selling it—we are reinforcing it. The non-profit will retain a significant stake in our proposed public-benefit corporation, making it one of the most well-funded non-profits in history.
In one respect, Elon was right: in 2017, he recognized that OpenAI’s structure needed to evolve. He was also correct in establishing xAI as a public-benefit corporation. However, he is entirely wrong in pursuing this lawsuit, which is both legally baseless and transparently self-serving. The court has already seen through this effort, and we are confident it will continue to do so.
There are several Transformers successors and spinoffs across various media. Animated series like Beast Wars: Transformers (1996) introduced a new generation of transforming robots, shifting from vehicles to animals. Later, Transformers: Prime (2010) and Transformers: Cyberverse (2018) continued evolving the story and animation style. The live-action film series, starting in 2007, led to spinoffs like Bumblebee (2018) and an expanding cinematic universe. Beyond official media, franchises like Go-Bots (a competitor turned subsidiary) and Voltron (though distinct, often compared) reflect Transformers’ legacy in robot-focused storytelling.
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Why not a mining operation in the Antarctic? Or the Sahara? Or in the Mariana Trench?
As all these options are cheaper and easier than asteroid mining, and as none of these bright-eyed ‘entrepreneurs’ are undertaking these tasks, I can only assume the things being ‘mined’ are gullible investors. (Not that I’m blaming them… what’s easier? Finding an asteroid with a precious metal, mining it and getting it back to earth at less the cost of mining it here? Or, finding a gullible venture capitalist who will cover your salary for a few years? Probable the latter…)
“ The employees suggest there are a number of risks that we are facing from AI development, including further entrenchment of existing inequalities, manipulation and misinformation, and loss of control of autonomous AI systems, which the letter says could lead to human extinction”
The order of the threats is amusing. “Our image creator doesn’t represent the nuanced spectrum of genders! And it sometime says things favorable about Trump. And, oh, I almost forgot… it may cause our extinction.”
You have a speck of gunk in your vitreous near the focal point. Not retina. You can’t ‘see’ damage to your retina… you brain just interpolates.
The gunk in your vitreous can stay there a long time… it’s gel, more or less, and can take a long time to move.
Well hopefully we can continue actually studying benefits of psychedelic treatment in a medical setting because for about 30-40 years it was a dead field thanks to the government being oh-noesies in the late 60s. Maybe they should have put more money into understanding the drug from a medicinal perspective and not as a chemical agent against enemy troops or covert assassination through hyperdosing.
