Author: Umi Mononga

In 2018, OpenAI created ChatGPT as a non-profit that promised to ‘advance artificial intelligence in a way that benefited humanity as a whole’. Tech mogul and billionaire Elon Musk argues that these lofty claims have since been abandoned. In a 35-page lawsuit, he complains that the organisation has moved away from its altruistic purpose and bemoans the need for increased ‘transparency’ and ‘accountability’ at OpenAI. To be clear, it is true that OpenAI is not a wholly charitable endeavour; the company has received $2 billion in revenue annually since ChatGPT’s public release. The company is now unashamedly profit-driven and closed-source…