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Elon Musk tells his side of OpenAI's beginnings in trial pitting him against CEO Sam Altman
Elon Musk testified in a California federal trial accusing Sam Altman and OpenAI co-founders of betraying promises to keep the company nonprofit. Across outlets, Musk framed his suit as challenging a shift from nonprofit aims to a for-profit arm, describing attempts by Altman and others to reconfigure OpenAI’s structure. OpenAI’s defense highlighted cross-examinations and Musk’s own statements, including admissions about Tesla’s lack of active AGI work, as part of the dispute. Reports note Musk says OpenAI’s leadership sought to “trick” him during testimony, while sources emphasize the broader battle over OpenAI’s original nonprofit-orientation pledge.
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On the stand, Elon Musk can’t escape his own tweets
Elon Musk came to a California federal court on Wednesday to argue that Sam Altman and his co-founders “stole a charity.” He left having admitted, under oath, that Tesla is not currently pursuing artificial general intelligence (AGI)— directly contradicting a tweet he’d posted just weeks earlier. The lawsuit he filed.
How Elon Musk Squeezed OpenAI: They 'Are Gonna Want to Kill Me’
Elon Musk returned to the witness stand on Wednesday to continue telling his side of the story in his legal battle against OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman. Under cross-examination from OpenAI’s lawyers, Musk was pressed on all the ways he tried to squeeze the organization over a 2017 power struggle that he ultimately.
Elon Musk tells his side of OpenAI's beginnings in trial pitting him against CEO Sam Altman
Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Elon Musk took the stand for the second day Wednesday in the landmark trial that pits the world's richest person against Sam Altman, a fellow OpenAI co-founder he accuses of betraying promises to keep the company as a nonprofit.
Musk accuses OpenAI lawyer of trying to 'trick' him in combative testimony
In his second day on the stand, Elon Musk was at times combative under questioning by OpenAI's lawyer, whom he accused of asking overly complicated questions. "Your questions are not simple," he told lawyer William Savitt at one point. "They're designed to trick me essentially," Musk is suing fellow OpenAI co-founder.