Insider documents reveal tension between nonprofit intentions and profit motives at OpenAI amid legal battle.
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Key Takeaways
- Kalshi reports a 68% probability for Elon Musk’s lawsuit success against OpenAI after new evidence emerged.
- OpenAI documents reveal internal discussions about shifting to a for-profit model, sparking legal tensions.
The odds that Elon Musk will win his lawsuit against OpenAI have jumped to 68% on prediction market Kalshi following the release of new court filings suggesting OpenAI leadership contemplated a for-profit pivot earlier than publicly acknowledged.
At one point, Musk’s winning chances approached 72% as investors reacted to the revelations in the filings.
The documents, submitted by Musk’s legal team, include a section titled “Brockman’s Personal Files,” containing previously private diary entries from OpenAI co-founder and president Greg Brockman.
In the notes, Brockman appears to acknowledge internal plans to transition the organization away from its nonprofit mission.
In a November 2017 entry, Brockman wrote that the team could not honestly claim a long-term commitment to the nonprofit structure, stating, “If three months later we’re doing b-corp then it was a lie.”
Other entries reveal te