Musk Drops Suit Accusing OpenAI of Marring Founding Mission (2)

Elon Musk dropped a lawsuit alleging OpenAI and its chief executive officer Sam Altman breached a founding promise last year by prioritizing profits over humanity — without saying why.

The billionaire withdrew his complaint a day before a California judge was set to hear OpenAI’s request for dismissal. Musk had accused the company of becoming a “de facto subsidiary” of Microsoft Corp. in violation of a founding agreement to be a non-profit that developed artificial intelligence “for the benefit of humanity.”

OpenAI and Musk have been engaged in a well-publicized battle since well before the court case. Musk was an ...