Open AI management refuted the lawsuit filed by Elon Musk the day before. In an email to internal staff, OpenAI said it’s an independent company committed to serving humanity.

Axios reported on the first (local time) that Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) Jason Kwon and CEO Sam Altman denied Musk's claims in an email to employees.

In accordance with this, CSO Kwon focused on explaining three items, saying, “Musk’s claims, etc. don’t reflect the truth of our mission.”

First, they took issue with Musk's claim that 'GPT-4 represents AGI, and accordingly GPT-4 must be released as open source.'

“GPT-4 can solve many problems, however the human gap continues to be enormous,” he said. “AGI might be a highly autonomous system, but GPT-4 won’t be.”

As well as, in response to the criticism that 'Open AI is giving up its mission to profit humanity and focusing only on being profitable,' he refuted, “Our task continues to be to construct AGI and make sure that its impact is as positive as possible.” “We create cutting-edge technologies and make them widely available through APIs and products,” he said. “To do that, we will attract the crucial capital, disseminate the technology, and supply guardrails.”

Regarding the claim that it’s a subsidiary of Microsoft, it was emphasized that it’s a 'competitor'. “We resolve what we research and construct, how we run our company, who our products profit, and the way we live out our mission,” he said. “It competes directly with,” he explained.

Specifically, CSO Kwon wrote, “We may also inform you about inquiries made by government agencies. After the incident in November of last yr, government agencies requested information, which is consistent with what we expect considering the circumstances.” He added, “As a law-abiding company, we’re committed to meeting all legal obligations and fully complying with government requests.”

This refers back to the recent investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding Altman's ouster in November of last yr. The SEC is examining whether OpenAI and others had the intention of deceiving the corporate's investors throughout the board alternative process, and has requested related materials on the time.

CEO Altman also agreed with CSO Kwon and delivered a follow-up message acknowledging that this yr can be a difficult yr. “It’s going to never be smooth sailing,” he said. “The attacks will proceed.”

Reporter Lim Da-jun ydj@aitimes.com