Geoffrey Hinton, the prominent data scientist known as the “Godfather of artificial intelligence,” is backing Elon Musk in his legal attempt to block OpenAI from switching to a for-profit company. Hinton,

Geoffrey Hinton, widely regarded as the 'godfather of AI', has voiced strong opposition to OpenAI’s move to transition from a nonprofit to a for-profit company, as per a recent report by Business Insider.

Encode, a nonprofit organization that co-sponsored California’s failed SB 1047 AI safety legislation, is joining forces with Elon Musk to oppose OpenAI’s plan to repivot as a fully for-profit company.

Elon Musk has a new supporter in his legal fight against OpenAI: AI "godfather" Geoffrey Hinton. "OpenAI was founded as an explicitly safety-focused non-profit and made a variety of safety related promises in its charter,

Geoffrey Hinton, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics last year, criticised the ChatGPT-maker for moving away from its non-profit roots.

The youth advocacy group Encode is supporting Musk's lawsuit seeking a preliminary injunction that would stop OpenAI from becoming fully for-profit.

OpenAI has rejected Musk’s lawsuit, arguing that he lacks standing and is using the case to benefit his AI company, xAI. OpenAI also released internal communications showing that Musk had advocated for converting the organization to a for-profit model in 2017.