Brockman Says Musk Threatened Him in 2017 OpenAI Control Clash
Brockman said Musk sought control of OpenAI’s for-profit arm and later stormed out after he was refused, with the company now spending $50 billion a year on computing.
- On Tuesday, President Greg Brockman testified in a California court that Elon Musk physically threatened him during a 2017 confrontation over control of OpenAI, claiming the billionaire stormed out after being refused absolute authority.
- Musk originally hosted OpenAI cofounders at his Bay Area "haunted mansion" in 2017 for pleasant discussions, but the encounter turned volatile when he demanded majority control of the company.
- During the heated meeting, Musk "kind of stormed around the table" and lunged toward Brockman, who testified he "actually thought he was going to hit me" before Musk grabbed a Tesla painting.
- This testimony occurs during an ongoing federal trial where Musk accuses OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman of betraying the company's original nonprofit mission and misappropriating his $38 million founding donation.
- OpenAI is now valued at more than $850 billion, with Brockman acknowledging his personal stake in the company is worth $30 billion, underscoring the massive financial stakes in the dispute.
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A diary, a threat, and a $30 billion stake: What the Musk vs OpenAI trial has actually shown so far - The Times of India
Tech News News: Two days before opening arguments, Elon Musk pulled out his phone and threatened OpenAI's president by text. Greg Brockman had floated the idea of a p.
OpenAI Co-Founder Testifies He Feared Elon Musk 'Would Attack' Him Physically in Clash
OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman has told a US court he feared Elon Musk might physically attack him during a tense confrontation. In a testimony first reported by Wired, which is providing primary courtroom coverage of the case, Brockman, giving evidence in the ongoing legal dispute between Musk and OpenAI's leadership, recounted a volatile 2017 meeting that, he said, escalated swiftly from a cordial exchange into a heated confrontation. 'Someth…
In front of the court, Greg Brockman traced a decisive period in the company's history. In the day-to-day, the co-founder recounted the intense arms of iron engaged with Elon Musk, at the time when Tesla's boss demanded "total control" of the start-up. ...
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