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New emails reveal Musk’s demand for ‘unequivocal’ control of OpenAI

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Emails show Elon Musk in 2017 demanding majority control of the company and title of CEO.

The trove of messages were released by the artificial intelligence developer as part of a lawsuit filed in August by Musk .

Musk 's suit alleges that he and other investors who backed a company founded as a nonprofit pledged to helping humanity were tricked when it later pivoted to seek profits with commercial products.