Lawyers for Elon Musk on Tuesday filed a motion to dismiss the billionaire’s lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman, ending a months-long battle between co-founders of the artificial intelligence

The Tesla chief executive had claimed that the A.I. start-up put profits and commercial interests ahead of benefiting humanity.

Elon Musk has dropped his lawsuit against OpenAI and its co-founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, a mere day before a judge was set to hear the defendants' request for dismissal of the case.

The mercurial billionaire is still set on dominating the AI space with his $24 billion startup xAI and EV giant Tesla.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Elon Musk has dropped his lawsuit against OpenAI just ahead of a scheduled Wednesday hearing on the case. Musk in February sued the San Francisco artificial intelligence company and its CEO Sam Altman over what he said was a betrayal of the ChatGPT maker’s founding aims of benefiting humanity rather than pursuing profits.

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk on Tuesday moved to dismiss his lawsuit accusing ChatGPT maker OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman of abandoning the startup's original mission of developing artificial intelligence for the benefit of humanity and not for profit.

The X owner sued OpenAI in March. He recently raised $6 billion to fund his own artificial intelligence company.

After criticising Apple-OpenAI collaboration on ChatGPT's integration with iPhones, tech billionaire Elon Musk has claimed that the Sam Altman-run AI company may ultimately access his phone. Reacting to reports that OpenAI has hired Paul Nakasone,

Nakasone's appointment to OpenAI's board, along with his role on a new safety and security committee, has heightened Musk's anxieties.