Elon Musk Testifying in Blockbuster OpenAI Trial
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Elon Musk’s courtroom showdown with Sam Altman started this week. The biggest takeaways so far
Elon Musk spent the better part of three days on the stand, accusing OpenAI and its executives of deceiving him into donating money to help found what is now one of the world’s biggest AI companies.
In his second day on the stand in the trial he launched against OpenAI, Elon Musk said the AI start-up he'd helped found had strayed from its charitable mission.
OpenAI President Greg Brockman and Musk’s fixer, Jared Birchall, are also expected to testify on Thursday.
Elon Musk testified that he texted Sam Altman, "what the hell is going on," after learning about Microsoft's $10 billion investment in OpenAI.
Elon Musk and Sam Altman face off in a $150 billion federal trial over whether OpenAI betrayed its nonprofit founding mission, a verdict that could reshape the future of artificial intelligence.
Elon Musk made repeated references to an AI "Terminator" scenario while testifying before a California federal jury about OpenAI's for-profit move.
The most obvious Elon Musk investment is his $1.6 trillion electric vehicle and technology company, Tesla. Musk owns about 12% of Tesla's stock, and he serves as the CEO of the company.