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Elon Musk is intensifying his legal battle against OpenAI by amending his lawsuit to ensure any damages awarded are given to OpenAI’s nonprofit arm rather than himself. Musk, who initiated the lawsuit in 2024, claims that OpenAI’s shift from a nonprofit to a for-profit entity has defrauded him as a donor, arguing that the company has become a ‘closed-source de facto subsidiary’ of Microsoft. He is seeking over $150 billion in damages and the removal of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman from the nonprofit’s board. The case has sparked heated exchanges between Musk and OpenAI, with OpenAI describing the lawsuit as baseless and driven by Musk’s competitive interests through his AI company, xAI.