US EditionOn Witness Stand, Elon Musk Accuses Sam Altman's Lawyer of Trying to Trick Him
Musk’s answers and remarks drew repeated challenges as OpenAI’s lawyer pressed him on donations, safety claims and his own company’s practices.
- On Thursday, Elon Musk concluded his third day of testimony in his trial against OpenAI, sparring with attorney William Savitt over whether his own for-profit AI ventures differ from the company he seeks to dismantle.
- Musk alleges CEO Sam Altman and President Greg Brockman betrayed OpenAI's nonprofit mission by pivoting to a for-profit entity in 2019, transforming the startup into a commercial company now valued at more than $850 billion.
- During cross-examination, Savitt challenged Musk's credibility by noting he did not know what OpenAI's "safety cards" were, despite his own firm xAI releasing such documents for Grok.
- Seeking $150 billion in damages, Musk demands OpenAI revert to nonprofit status with Altman and Brockman removed as officers, while a ruling on the merits is expected in mid-May.
- The trial, which could reshape AI governance in the United States, continues next week with testimony from Altman expected, followed by OpenAI President Brockman on the witness stand.
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Elon Musk acknowledged that there was no contract with OpenAI (Gift of ChatGPT) on the terms of his donation to the company when it was founded as a non-profit research organization more than a decade ago. Under questioning from OpenAI's lawyer, William Savitt, Musk stated on Thursday that he contributed with artificial intelligence startup based on his understanding of the founding mission and reading the organization's status. Results: Apple e…
Elon Musk found himself on Thursday forced to explain how his own marketing of AI did not "fly" more humanity and did not run the same dangers as that of the owners of ChatGPT, accused of having abandoned their initial philanthropic vocation.
Elon Musk faced OpenAI's lawyer on Thursday on his third day of testimony in the controversial judgment on the turn of the company, which went from a non-profit organization to a private initiative valued at hundreds of billions of dollars. The trial focuses on the birth in 2015 of ChatGPT's creator as a non-profit startup funded mainly by Musk. He confronts the richest person in the world with Sam Altman, also co-founder of OpenAI, who accuses …
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