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

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.

Hinton has also criticised OpenAI cofounder Sam Altman, saying he is “much less concerned with safety than with profits,” and calling this, “unfortunate”