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Elon Musk ends testimony in OpenAI lawsuit

techMay 4, 202647171

Elon Musk concluded three days of testimony Thursday in his lawsuit against OpenAI, facing cross-examination over his claim that OpenAI began as a nonprofit mission-driven lab. OpenAI's lawyers pressed him on his portrayal of the company's origins and probed his motives for suing, focusing on communications and decisions around OpenAI's move to a capped-profit structure. The testimony matters because the court's findings about whether OpenAI abandoned a nonprofit mission could influence corporate governance, investment structures, and legal limits on how AI labs convert to for-profit entities.

Scott Horton
@robertscotthorton.bsky.social

Elon Musk uses his influence over the Trump administration to gut the SEC Musk prosecution. Pure corruption, again. www.ft.com/content/a760...

452d ago
Bloomberg News
@bloomberg.com

Elon Musk agreed to settle SECallegations that he cheated Twitter shareholders out of millions of dollars in 2022 by failing to properly disclose his growing stake in the social media company

432d ago
CME15

That fine doesn’t mean doodoo to him. He has that in his pocket. There is needs to be something more punitive, perhaps a class action suit or the divestiture of Twitter.

Erik Vorhes11

Thats a normal person equivalent of paying a dime as a fine.

Tollberg9

Bro paid out less than 1% of his illicit gains. Unreal

ETFs Matter8

Saved $150 million by not disclosing ownership. Pays 1% penalty. Sounds about right for our favorite Oligarch.

Dennis-1014

So,that is legal but costs an extra 1.5 million?

Holli Deloe (HD)4

That’s like $5.00 to him- I’m sure he’s learned his lesson!

Bob Wheeler3

Not nearly enough! There’s 0 punitive impact on him for that.

Citizen, Interrupted3

Wow. $1.5 million. That'll teach him. I'm sure he's traumatized by the experience and the seriousness of the punishment. 🙄

buzzoffyear.bsky.social3

$1.5 million to him is $0.36 to the average person.

Stanley Q Woodvine2

Is $1.5M even a rounding error in Muskrat's world?

The Verge
@theverge.com

Elon Musk will settle the feds’ Twitter lawsuit with pocket change

222d ago
Yvette Tapptico
@yvettetapptico.bsky.social

Who thinks fElon Musk, the illegal alien, interfered in the 2024 election? www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9gC...

102d ago
Bgrahamdisciple
@bgrahamdisciple.bsky.social

Now we know why the head of SEC enforcement resigned. A $1.5 million fine for an obvious violation that clearly netted Musk $150 million in profit. SEC and Elon Musk agree to settle lawsuit over Twitter buyout in 2022 www.cnbc.com/2026/05/04/s...

142d ago
Jane Sullivan
@janesully.bsky.social

“By the end of this week, you and Sam will be the most hated men in America. If you insist, so it will be,” Musk said, according to the brief.” Takes one to know one🤭

62d ago
The Wall Street Journal
@wsj.com

The second week of a blockbuster trial between Elon Musk and OpenAI kicked off Monday with questions about the finances of the startup’s president, Greg Brockman. on.wsj.com/4tM2Dah

32d ago
Reuters Legal
@legal.reuters.com

Elon Musk settled the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's civil lawsuit accusing the world's richest person of waiting too long in 2022 to disclose his initial purchases of Twitter, now known as X.

42d ago
Vicki Bryan's Bond Angle
@bondangle.bsky.social

Nauseating. Elon Musk can earn $1.5 million in 25 *hours*. This more unvarnished regulatory malfeasance by Trump’s captured SEC in favor of Trump’s largest donor.

52d ago
Alice Clarke
@alicedkc.bsky.social

I was on Download This Show last week talking about Musk V Altman, Xbox’s new leadership, and the pitfalls of AI agents. Give it a listen if you want:

22d ago
Flipboard Tech Desk
@techdesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy

The courtroom battle between Elon Musk and Sam Altman heated up Monday when Musk’s AI expert Stuart Russell, a Cal-Berkeley computer science professor, took the stand. Russell co-signed an open letter in 2023 calling for a six-month pause in AI research. Here's more from @Techcrunch, including […]

2d ago
Paul Lander
@paullander.bsky.social

Elon Musk reportedly asked Ashley St. Clair not to circumcise his Jewish baby. Especially if it’s by Dr Dreidel.

32d ago
MIT Technology Review
@technologyreview.com

Musk kept his cool, and OpenAI’s lawyer bulldozed him with piercing questions about his motivations for suing the company.

42d ago
Courthouse News
@courthousenews.bsky.social

A landmark trial between two tech billionaires continued Monday with OpenAI’s number two executive testifying against Elon Musk’s deception claims over the company’s restructuring to include a for-profit arm. www.courthousenews.com/openai-presi...

22d ago
The Monthly
@themonthly.com.au

An academic study published earlier this year confirmed that Elon Musk’s X is exactly what it appears to be: namely, an algorithmically driven brainwashing machine that numbs the mind then fills it with poisonous garbage via relentless reinforcement. mnth.ly/h3uXNNh

22d ago
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