New Delhi, May 6 -- Billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk is planning to proceed with his lawsuit against OpenAI, his lawyer Marc Toberoff said on Monday.

The development comes hours after the AI startup, co-founded by Musk, dialled back its earlier plan to remove control by its non-profit arm.

According to the ChatGPT maker's new proposed plan, its non-profit parent would continue to control the for-profit business and become a major shareholder in it.

"Nothing in today's announcement changes the fact that OpenAI will still be developing closed-source AI for the benefit of Altman (CEO Sam Altman), his investors, and Microsoft," Toberoff said in a statement.

"The announcement obscures critical details about the supposed 'non-profit control'...