Elon Musk’s legal challenge to stop OpenAI Inc. from becoming a for-profit company is equivalent to “lawfare” and the ChatGPT maker views his complaints as competitive maneuvering, Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar said.

According to a report in the Financial Times, lawyers for Musk have contacted attorneys-general in Delaware and California to demand that a large stake in OpenAI be sold off in an open auction process.

Musk dropped the lawsuit but filed another one against Altman and OpenAI, this time elevating his accusations to claim OpenAI worked with Microsoft, an investor, to create a monopoly. The billionaire also alleged the company violated its founding claim as a nonprofit by pursuing profit. OpenAI has denied the allegations.

In his letter, Musk’s lawyer pushed the attorneys general to allow outside investors to bid for the nonprofit’s stake in OpenAI. If successful, that could allow an outside investor to take a significant position in, and to exercise control over, the start-up.

While they didn't support Musk's allegations directly, the feds added weight to his interpretation of antitrust law.

The feds have sided with Elon Musk on a key pillar of his high-profile antitrust lawsuit against Sam Altman-led OpenAI, Microsoft and billionaire Reid Hoffman, The Post has learned.

Resharing the clip, where the mother casts her doubt over the current probe into her son's death, Musk posted it with the caption, "Extremely concerning."

In an interview with Tucker Carlson, the mother of OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji, Poornima Ramarao, reiterated that her son’s death was not a suicide and alleged major lapses in the investigation. The San Francisco Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, however, ruled Balaji's death as a suicide.

Elon Musk responded to allegations from the mother of OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji, who claimed her son was killed to prevent the exposure of incriminating documents against the AI company. US Congressman Ro Khanna also called for a transparent investigation into the matter.

Suchir Balaji, a former OpenAI programmer, died under suspicious circumstances after alleging the company committed crimes. His mother claimed he was

Despite San Francisco police repeatedly saying OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji’s death was a suicide, influential figures on both ends of the political spectrum are spreading questions about foul play,