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Musk Lays Out His Souring Relationship with OpenAI in a Second Day of Testimony

Musk seeks $150 billion and a return to nonprofit status, while OpenAI says the for-profit shift was needed to buy computing power and hire scientists.

  • On Wednesday, Elon Musk resumed testifying in his lawsuit alleging OpenAI abandoned its nonprofit mission, accusing Chief Executive Sam Altman and President Greg Brockman of creating a for-profit entity to enrich themselves.
  • Before leaving OpenAI in 2018, Musk invested $38 million and testified that the 2019 for-profit conversion felt like a "bait and switch," claiming the founders were not honest about their plans.
  • Regarding Microsoft's $10 billion investment, Musk claimed the tech giant had "captured" OpenAI, telling jurors he felt like a "fool" for funding a venture he believed was a benevolent steward of AI.
  • U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers admonished Musk over social media posts, while defense lawyers argued he seeks to control OpenAI and bolster his SpaceX unit, xAI, which lags in user adoption.
  • As the trial continues, OpenAI prepares for a potential initial public offering that could value it at $1 trillion, while facing growing competition from rivals including Anthropic.
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Elon Musk spars with OpenAI attorney in trial over company's evolution from a nonprofit

Elon Musk on Thursday sparred with an attorney for OpenAI during his third day of testimony in the contentious trial over the company’s pivot from nonprofit status to a for-profit venture valued at hundreds of billions of dollars.

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Has Sam Altman stolen OpenAI from Elon Musk? Now a court is supposed to decide. Musk's performance is unlikely to help him. However, there were hardly any jurors who liked him.Even though OpenAI and Elon Musk are on everyone's lips today: that Musk was co-founder and, for a while, also head of the ChatGPT operator, many people no longer have on the note. Since his departure, the value of the company has exploded – and Musk feels like he has cros…

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