内容来源：https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/21/openai-lawyers-question-metas-role-in-elon-musks-97b-takeover-bid/

内容总结：

在马斯克对OpenAI提起的诉讼出现新进展之际，OpenAI于本周四向法院提交文件，要求强制Meta公司提供其与马斯克及旗下xAI公司涉嫌共同投资OpenAI的相关证据。OpenAI律师称，今年二月马斯克曾提出以970亿美元收购该公司但遭拒绝，而最新发现的信息显示，马斯克曾与Meta首席执行官扎克伯格就此次收购的"潜在融资安排或投资"进行沟通。

Meta方面已否认参与该收购计划，其发言人向媒体强调，公司与扎克伯格均未签署过马斯克的收购意向书，并于七月拒绝了OpenAI的取证要求。目前OpenAI正寻求法院强制令以获取Meta内部关于OpenAI架构重组及资本调整的通信记录——这也正是马斯克诉讼的核心争议点。

值得注意的是，在这场法律纠纷的背后，Meta正全力加速自身人工智能布局。据悉，2023年Meta高层曾致力于开发超越GPT-4的AI模型，但截至2025年初其技术仍落后于行业标准。近期Meta不仅斥资140亿美元投资Scale AI，还从OpenAI挖走包括ChatGPT联合创造者之一的赵盛佳在内的多名核心研究员，并组建了新型超级智能实验室。

尽管马斯克与扎克伯格此前曾有过公开矛盾，甚至提出进行"笼斗"（虽未成行），但人工智能领域的竞争可能促使两位科技巨头重新审视合作关系。目前法院尚未对OpenAI的证据调取请求作出裁决，Meta方面主张其内部讨论与本案无关，所有相关信息应由马斯克及xAI直接提供。

本案源于马斯克对OpenAI将其营利部门转型为公益公司的异议，他认为此举违背了该机构的创立初衷。随着诉讼程序的推进，科技巨头在人工智能领域的竞合关系正受到越来越广泛的关注。

中文翻译：

OpenAI正要求Meta提供与埃隆·马斯克及xAI就收购或投资这家ChatGPT制造商达成的任何协调计划相关的证据。该要求于周四在马斯克起诉OpenAI的持续诉讼案提交的法律文件中被公开披露。

代表OpenAI的律师表示，他们于六月向Meta发出传票，要求其提供与今年二月马斯克970亿美元主动收购要约潜在关联的文件。目前尚不清楚这些文件是否存在。OpenAI最终拒绝了马斯克的收购提议。

OpenAI律师称发现马斯克曾就xAI收购ChatGPT制造商的计划与Meta首席执行官马克·扎克伯格进行沟通，内容包括"潜在融资安排或投资事宜"。Meta于七月对OpenAI的初步传票提出异议，目前ChatGPT制造商的律师正寻求法院强制令以获取相关证据。OpenAI同时要求法院调取Meta所有涉及"OpenAI实际或潜在重组及资本结构调整"的文件与通信记录——这正是马斯克起诉OpenAI的核心争议点。

Meta发言人安迪·斯通向TechCrunch指出，OpenAI提交的文件中明确记载Meta及扎克伯格均未签署马斯克收购ChatGPT制造商的意向书。Meta拒绝进一步置评。OpenAI与马斯克的法律顾问未立即回应TechCrunch的采访请求。

在OpenAI与马斯克交锋的背景下，Meta正持续加大前沿AI模型的自主研发投入。另一起案件的法庭文件显示，2023年Meta高管曾全力研发旨在超越OpenAI GPT-4的AI模型。但截至2025年初，Meta的AI模型仍落后行业标准，据称此举令扎克伯格震怒。

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近期扎克伯格持续施压，挖走了OpenAI多名核心AI研究员，包括ChatGPT联合创建者之一赵盛佳（Shengjia Zhao），其现负责Meta最新AI部门"超智能实验室"的研究工作。Meta还向Scale AI投资140亿美元，并被曝曾接触多家AI实验室商讨收购事宜。

尽管马斯克与扎克伯格的谈判进展尚不明确，但两位亿万富翁可能联手的设想足以体现OpenAI面临的威胁程度。两年前马斯克曾扬言要与扎克伯格进行铁笼格斗（虽未成真）。AI技术的崛起或许促使二人暂搁分歧。

周四披露的文件属于马斯克起诉OpenAI大型诉讼案的一部分，该诉讼质疑OpenAI将营利部门转型为公益企业的做法。这种转型是OpenAI获取投资并最终上市的必要步骤。但作为OpenAI联合创始人及早期投资者的马斯克试图阻挠该进程，声称重组违背了初创使命。

Meta代理律师要求法院驳回OpenAI的证据调取请求，主张马斯克与xAI能提供所有相关信息。Meta同时辩称，其内部关于OpenAI重组及资本结构调整的讨论与本案无关。

本文更新补充了案件详细信息及马斯克与扎克伯格的交往历程。

英文来源：

OpenAI is asking Meta to produce evidence related to any coordinated plans with Elon Musk and xAI to acquire or invest in the ChatGPT-maker.
The request was made public in a brief filed Thursday in Elon Musk’s ongoing lawsuit against OpenAI. Lawyers representing OpenAI said they subpoenaed Meta in June for documents related to its potential involvement in Musk’s unsolicited, $97 billion bid to takeover the startup in February. It’s unclear from the filing whether such documents exists. OpenAI ultimately denied Musk’s bid.
OpenAI’s lawyers say they discovered that Musk communicated with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg concerning xAI’s bid to purchase the ChatGPT-maker, including “about potential financing arrangements or investments.”
Meta objected to OpenAI’s initial subpoena in July; the ChatGPT-maker’s lawyers are now seeking a court order to obtain such evidence. OpenAI is also asking the court for any of Meta’s documents and communications related to “any actual or potential restructuring or recapitalization of OpenAI” — the core issue in Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI.
Meta spokesperson Andy Stone directed TechCrunch towards a section of OpenAI’s filing which states that neither Meta nor Zuckerberg signed Musk’s letter of intent to acquire the ChatGPT-maker.
Meta declined to comment further. OpenAI and legal counsel for Musk did not immediately respond to TechCrunch’s request for comment.
In the background of OpenAI’s fight with Musk, Meta has significantly invested in its own efforts to develop frontier AI models. In 2023, Meta executives obsessed over developing an AI model that could beat OpenAI’s GPT-4, court filings in another case revealed. By early 2025, Meta’s AI models fell behind the industry standard, reportedly infuriating Zuckerberg.
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Zuckerberg has upped the pressure in recent months, poaching several of OpenAI’s leading AI researchers, including a co-creator of ChatGPT, Shengjia Zhao, who now leads research efforts at the company’s newest AI unit, Meta Superintelligence Labs. Meta also invested $14 billion in Scale AI, and reportedly approached several other AI labs about acquisition deals.
While it’s unclear how far talks developed between Musk and Zuckerberg, the mere idea of a partnership between the two billionaires represents just how much of a threat OpenAI is. Two years ago, Musk said he would physically fight Zuckerberg in a cage match (it never happened though).
The rise of AI may have prompted Musk and Zuckerberg to set aside their differences.
The briefing disclosed Thursday is part of a larger lawsuit filed by Musk against OpenAI that takes issue with OpenAI’s conversion of its for-profit arm into a public benefit corporation. Such a conversion is necessary for OpenAI to obtain funding from investors, and eventually go public. However, Musk — a cofounder and early investor in OpenAI — has attempted to throw a wrench in the endeavor, claiming that the restructuring goes against the startup’s founding mission.
Lawyers representing Meta asked the court to reject OpenAI’s request for evidence, arguing that Musk and xAI can provide any relevant information. Meta also argues that its internal discussions of OpenAI’s restructuring and recapitalization are not relevant to the case.
This story has been updated to add more information about the case, as well as history of Musk and Zuckerberg’s relationship.