Geoffrey Hinton, known as the “Godfather of AI,” has voiced his support for Elon Musk’s legal battle against Sam Altman’s OpenAI over its transition from a non-profit to a for-profit entity.
Business Insider reports that Geoffrey Hinton, a renowned AI pioneer and Nobel laureate, has come out in support of Elon Musk’s ongoing lawsuit against OpenAI. Musk, the co-founder of OpenAI, sought an injunction last month to block the company’s move from a non-profit research organization to a for-profit company.
Hinton, who is often referred to as the “Godfather of AI” for his groundbreaking work on neural networks, issued a statement through Encode, a youth-led advocacy group for human-centered AI. In the statement, Hinton criticized OpenAI’s decision to abandon its non-profit status, stating, “OpenAI was founded as an explicitly safety-focused non-profit and made a…
