Ex-OpenAI staffers support Musk's case against startup's effort to transform into for-profit company

Sam Altman, left, and Elon Musk.Muhammed Selim Korkutata | Anadolu | Getty ImagesA group of 12 ex-OpenAI staffers, in support of Elon Musk's lawsuit against the artificial intelligence startup, asked a court's permission on Friday to share their concerns about the company's transformation into a for-profit entity.The individuals collectively worked at OpenAI between 2018 and 2024, which covers "the organization's formative years through its more recent development," the request said. The brief was filed with a district court in California by Lawrence Lessig, who is representing the group.The purpose of the request is to support Musk's arguments in his case against OpenAI and his effort to keep the AI research project, which Musk co-founded in 2015 as a nonprofit, from transforming into a for-profit entity."If the OpenAI Nonprofit agreed to a change in the OpenAI corporate structure which took away its controlling role, that would fundamentally violate its mission," the filings said.Ope...