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OpenAI hit back at Elon Musk’s claim that he had been “induced” to make contributions to the startup, which he helped to found, on the basis that it would remain a non-profit organisation. Mr Musk has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman, its chief executive, alleging that its partnership with Microsoft breaks a deal to make artificial intelligence free to the public. In a blog post OpenAI said that Mr Musk had “wanted us to merge with Tesla or he wanted full control” and left to create a rival AI business. “We’re sad that it’s come to this,“ the post said, “with someone whom we’ve deeply admired.”