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STORY: Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk on Tuesday moved to dismiss his lawsuit against Chat GPT maker OpenAI.

The suit, originally filed in February, had accused the company and its CEO Sam Altman of abandoning the startup's original mission of developing artificial intelligence for the benefit of humanity and not for profit.

Attorneys for Musk asked the California state court to dismiss the lawsuit without giving a reason for the move.

The lawsuit marked a culmination of Musk's long-simmering opposition to OpenAI – a startup he co-founded.

The company has since become the face of generative AI through billions of dollars in funding from Microsoft.

Then last July, Musk founded his own artificial intelligence startup– xAI.

In the lawsuit, Musk asked a judge to force OpenAI to make its research and technology available to the public, and to prevent the startup from using its assets for the financial benefit of Microsoft and others.

In a court filing, OpenAI described the lawsuit as a contrived attempt by Musk to advance his own AI interests.

OpenAI and an attorney for Musk did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Musk dismissed his case without prejudice, which means he could refile it at another time.