Tesla CEO Elon Musk allegedly rejected OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's proposal for a cryptocurrency token launch in early 2018, expressing concerns about potential damage to the company's reputation.

据称，特斯拉首席执行官埃隆·马斯克 (Elon Musk) 拒绝了 OpenAI 首席执行官萨姆·奥尔特曼 (Sam Altman) 在 2018 年初推出加密货币代币的提议，表达了对公司声誉可能受损的担忧。

Musk's lawyers stated in a November 14 filing with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California that "in January 2018, Altman proposed an ICO or initial coin offering, which would have entailed OpenAI, Inc. selling its own cryptocurrency."

马斯克的律师在 11 月 14 日向美国加州北区地方法院提交的文件中表示，“2018 年 1 月，Altman 提议进行 ICO 或首次代币发行，这将需要 OpenAI, Inc. 出售自己的加密货币。”

Musk dismissed the idea, stating that "it would simply result in a massive loss of credibility for OpenAI and everyone associated with the ICO."

马斯克驳回了这个想法，并表示“这只会导致 OpenAI 以及与 ICO 相关的每个人的可信度大幅丧失。”

The court filing alleges that the ICO proposal followed discussions about shifting the organization from a nonprofit to a for-profit structure. Altman and OpenAI president Greg Brockman reportedly presented the idea in September 2017, to which Musk responded with an ultimatum: "Either go do something on your own or continue with OpenAI as a nonprofit."

法庭文件称，ICO 提案是在讨论将该组织从非营利组织转变为营利组织之后提出的。据报道，奥特曼和 OpenAI 总裁格雷格·布罗克曼 (Greg Brockman) 在 2017 年 9 月提出了这个想法，马斯克对此下了最后通牒：“要么自己做点什么，要么继续将 OpenAI 作为非营利组织。”

According to the filing, Altman and Brockman allegedly devised a plan to convert OpenAI into a for-profit structure after Musk opposed the ICO.

根据该文件，在马斯克反对 ICO 后，奥特曼和布罗克曼据称制定了一项计划，将 OpenAI 转变为营利性结构。

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On the same day as the filing, a class-action lawsuit accusing Musk of manipulating Dogecoin prices was withdrawn by the plaintiffs. Cointelegraph reported that the plaintiffs chose not to pursue further relief from Musk or Tesla.

在提交文件的同一天，原告撤回了一项指控马斯克操纵狗狗币价格的集体诉讼。据 Cointelegraph 报道，原告选择不向马斯克或特斯拉寻求进一步的救济。