Elon Musk filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, accusing them of breaching their contract. He used a paper by Microsoft researchers to support his claims, highlighting the potential A.G.I. capabilities of GPT-4, an A.I. system released by OpenAI. Microsoft, who has a close partnership with OpenAI, conducted experiments with GPT-4 and discovered its remarkable abilities, which raised questions about the system’s intelligence.
The paper sparked controversy as it suggested that GPT-4 displayed signs of A.G.I., which contradicted OpenAI’s commitment not to commercialize powerful A.I. products. Microsoft declined to comment on the lawsuit, which alleges copyright infringement in the training of GPT-4. The research paper, titled “Sparks of A.G.I.,” outlined the extraordinary achievements of GPT-4, such as writing poems with mathematical proofs and generating code.
Despite the paper’s influence, some experts criticized it for lacking rigor and contributing to the hype around A.I. technologies. The paper’s definition of intelligence, based on an outdated opinion piece, was also a point of contention. OpenAI’s chief strategy officer clarified that GPT-4 was not A.G.I., as it still relied heavily on human intervention for tasks.
Overall, the debate over the intelligence of A.I. technologies continues to divide the industry, with Mr. Musk hoping for a jury to resolve the dispute.
