Altman faces off against Musk, his OpenAI co-founder, in second day of high-stakes lawsuit
After a dramatic first day of opening statements and testimony from Elon Musk in his case against Sam Altman and OpenAI, the trial continues on Wednesday with a cross examination of the Tesla CEO. OpenAI’s defense attorneys will get a chance to press the world’s richest man on his allegations, which yesterday included suggesting Altman “stole a charity” and would endanger humanity with AI.
Musk is accusing his OpenAI co-founders Altman and Greg Brockman of breaking the founding agreement of the company to build AI to benefit humanity, instead shifting the non-profit to a for-profit structure and unjustly enriching themselves along the way. He is seeking the removal of Altman and Brockman, the undoing of the for-profit structure and $134bn in damages, which he wants redistributed to OpenAI’s non-profit arm.
