Beware what you tell your AI chatbot. It's not a shrink it's a snitch | Arwa Mahdawi

"Helpfully for Musk, Brockman kept a diary during the company's founding years; this has become central to the case. In one heavily cited extract, Brockman writes: Financially what will take me to $1B? Another scrutinised passage: It'd be wrong to steal the non-profit from [Musk]. to convert to a b-corp without him. that'd be pretty morally bankrupt. and he's really not an idiot."

"Meanwhile, Altman et al are arguing Musk is just upset he's not in control of the company and wants to bring down his competition. Helpfully for Musk, Brockman kept a diary during the company's founding years; this has become central to the case. In one heavily cited extract, Brockman writes: Financially what will take me to $1B?"

"You won't find it in the library, but you can watch Brockman, a co-founder and president of OpenAI, being forced to read the juiciest bits out loud in court. Before you ask ChatGPT to explain, here's the backstory: Elon Musk is in a legal battle with Brockman and the OpenAI CEO, Sam Altman."

"You're just sitting here at home, like, let me write about the crime I'm committing and by the way, let me never delete it. Alleged crime, David, alleged. Not a lot of people are keeping journals laying out potentially problematic corporate manoeuvres. However, millions of people are using tools such as ChatGPT as a sort of therapist or digital confession box; a place to share private or half-formed thoug"

A legal dispute involving Elon Musk, OpenAI co-founder and president Greg Brockman, and CEO Sam Altman centers on claims that the founding agreement was violated by turning OpenAI into a for-profit entity. Musk argues the change breaches the original terms, while Altman and others argue Musk is motivated by wanting control and undermining competition. Brockman’s diary from the founding years is central to the case, including passages about reaching $1B financially and statements about not stealing the non-profit from Musk and converting without him. The diary’s existence has drawn criticism from tech peers, and concerns are raised about people keeping records of potentially problematic corporate actions. The situation is compared to how many people use tools like ChatGPT as private confession spaces.

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