"Musk's lawyers used cross-examination to attack Altman's credibility, citing testimony from former OpenAI figures including Mira Murati, Ilya Sutskever and Helen Toner, along with older criticism from his career as a tech executive and investor. Musk's lawyers also highlighted OpenAI's dealings with companies in which Altman holds a financial stake, including Stripe, Cerebras and Helion."
Altman testified that Musk’s framing about stealing a charity was difficult to accept. He said shifting to a for-profit structure was the only way to raise the money needed to develop safe and powerful artificial intelligence. Altman also testified that Musk wanted to profit from OpenAI and to control it, pointing to Musk’s early push for a controlling stake or a merger with Tesla. Altman further said Musk wanted that control to pass to his children after his death. Musk’s lawsuit, filed in 2024, accused Altman, OpenAI, Greg Brockman, and Microsoft of betraying OpenAI’s nonprofit mission. Cross-examination targeted Altman’s credibility using testimony from former OpenAI figures and older criticism from Musk’s legal team. Closing arguments are expected soon.
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