12:56 PM EDT, 08/05/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, its co-founder Gregory Brockman and CEO Sam Altman accusing them of prioritizing profits over public welfare, according to a court filing Monday.

The lawsuit reportedly seeks to divest Microsoft ( MSFT )-backed (MSFT) OpenAI co-founders of "their ill-gotten gains," as OpenAI was built as a not-for-profit, to be open-sourced and for public benefit.

OpenAI and Microsoft ( MSFT ) are profiting from technology that was initially promised to be freely available for public benefit, according to the lawsuit filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California.

The new lawsuit repeats certain claims from a February lawsuit against OpenAI and its co-founders, but now adds allegations of racketeering.

OpenAI, Tesla, Microsoft ( MSFT ) and other Musk-owned entities did not immediately respond to a request for comment from MT Newswires.

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