Elon Musk testifies in OpenAI trial, attacks Sam Altman over charity claim
Elon Musk testified Wednesday in the Musk v. Altman trial that he was "a fool" to provide initial funding to OpenAI because he believed the lab would remain a nonprofit. OpenAI attorneys pressed Musk about backing away from financial commitments and introduced 2017 emails showing he sought majority control, withheld funding, and tried to recruit researchers. On the stand, Musk accused Sam Altman of having "stolen a charity" and said he would have sued earlier if he had known the nonprofit had been taken from its founders. The testimony highlights a high-stakes dispute over OpenAI's shift from nonprofit roots to a commercial enterprise and who should control development and funding of advanced AI.
Recording Serious Trouble today. Item: when would I applaud Elon Musk winning a case? When it’s against California’s HOA, the notoriously totalitarian and arrogant California Coastal COmmission, the Trump of California government agencies. /1
Popehat Aced It All Three Times191/2 The CCC openly said it was going to restrict SpaceX launches at Vandenburg based on Musk’s politics. As we predicted two years ago they’ve lost and been forced into a justifiably humiliating settlement.
Lizard6RIP your mentions. I suspect a calloused block finger before this is over.
