OpenAI Advocaten ask the role of Meta in the takeover bid of $ 97b from Elon Musk | Techcrunch

OpenAi asks Meta to produce evidence with regard to any coordination with Elon Musk and Xai to acquire or invest the chatgpt maker.

The request was made public in a briefly submitted Thursday in the current lawsuit of Elon Musk against OpenAi. Lawyers representing OpenAi said they subdivided the Meta in June for documents regarding potential involvement in Musk’s unsolicited, $ 97 billion bid to take over the startup in February. It is unclear of the submission or such evidence.

The Lawyers of OpenAI say they discovered that Musk communicated with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg about Xai’s bid to buy the chatgpt maker, including “about potential financing schemes or investments.”

Meta objected to the first summons of OpenAi in July; The lawyers of the chatgpt maker are now looking for a judicial order to obtain such evidence. OpenAI also asks the court for one of the documents and communication of Meta with regard to “any actual or potential restructuring or recapitalization of OpenAI” – the core issue in the lawsuit of Musk against OpenAi.

In the background of OpenAi’s fight with Elon Musk, Meta has invested considerably in his own efforts to develop Frontier AI models. That effort included the poaching of various leading AI researchers from OpenAi, including a co-maker of Chatgpt, Shengjia Zhao, who now leads research efforts at Meta Superintelligence Labs, the newest AI unit of the company. Meta also invested $ 14 billion in scale AI and reportedly approached various other AI Laboratories on acquisition -deals.

Lawyers who represented Meta asked the court to reject OpenAi’s request to reject evidence, with the argument that Musk and Xai can provide relevant information. Meta also states that the internal discussions about the restructuring and re -capitalization of OpenAI are not relevant to the case.

This is a developing story … come back for updates.