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Musk's Investment vs Market Value Context
Comparison of initial funding provided by Musk and the current estimated valuation of OpenAI.
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OpenAI president's 'deeply personal' diary becomes focus in Musk's case ...
As Elon Musk’s case against OpenAI entered its second week, focus shifted to the company’s president, Greg Brockman. Over the course of several hours on Monday and Tuesday, Brockman faced questions about his emails, texts and one piece of evidence that has become central to the trial: his personal diary.Musk’s lawsuit revolves around his allegation that Brockman, OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, violated the founding agreement of the artificial intelligence firm by turning it into a for-profit entity. Musk argues that Altman and Brockman also unjustly enriched themselves in the process, essentially taking Musk’s money while deceiving him about their true intent for the business. He is seeking Altman and Brockman’s removal, the undoing of the for-profit restructuring and $134bn, which Musk wants distributed to OpenAI’s non-profit.The journal, which Brockman kept during the company’s founding years circa 2015, has provided a consistent line of attack for Musk’s attorneys in the lead-up to the trial and during Brockman’s time on the witness stand. Musk’s team has presented numerous embarrassing excerpts, which OpenAI argues are taken out of context, to portray Brockman as self-interested and deceptive. Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers cited Brockman’s entries multiple times in her decision to deny the AI firm’s motion to prevent the case from going to trial.“Financially what will take me to $1B?” Brockman wrote in one entry in which he asked himself what he “really wants”.During Brockman’s pre-trial deposition, Musk’s attorney brought up the journal a half-dozen times and asked why Brockman wrote “it would be nice to be making the billions”. Brockman responded that he meant it would be nice to have a revenue plan for the company outside donations.“It’d be wrong to steal the non-profit from him. to convert to a b-corp without him. that’d be pretty morally bankrupt. and he’s really not an idiot,” Brockman wrote in another entry, which considered Musk’s role in the company.Musk’s lead attorney, Steven Molo, called Brockman to testify on Monday and questioned what he meant by several of his entries, specifically asking about the line that Musk was “really not an idiot”.“Did you mean to say that only an idiot would allow you to steal a charity?” Molo asked.“No,” Brockman responded.During a series of tense exchanges, Musk’s attorney also repeatedly read out portions of Brockman’s journal to the court and accused him of deceiving Musk.“You weren’t honest with Elon Musk w...
Elon Musk tells his side of OpenAI's beginnings in trial pitting him ...
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Elon Musk took the stand for the second day Wednesday in the landmark trial that pits the world's richest person against Sam Altman, a fellow OpenAI co-founder he accuses of betraying promises to keep the company as a nonprofit dedicated to humanity's benefit. The trial centers on the 2015 birth of the ChatGPT maker as a nonprofit startup primarily funded by Musk before evolving into a capitalistic venture now valued at $852 billion. Musk, who invested about $38 million in OpenAI from December 2015 through May 2017, gave his account of OpenAI's early years, recounting how he lost confidence that Altman would keep it a nonprofit. Questioned by his lawyer Steven Molo, Musk said by late 2022 he was concerned Altman was trying to "steal the charity." "It turned out to be true," Musk said on the witness stand, wearing his usual courtroom attire of a black suit and tie. Altman, OpenAI's CEO, was in attendance at the federal courthouse in Oakland, California, although he was not scheduled to testify on Wednesday. The trial started Monday and is expected to last about four weeks. Lawyers for OpenAI have rejected the allegations brought in Musk's civil lawsuit and said there were never promises that the company would remain a nonprofit forever. The company has argued Musk's legal challenge is aimed at undercutting OpenAI's rapid growth and bolstering Musk's xAI, which he launched in 2023 as a competitor. READ MORE: Musk and Altman show up for trial that could reshape AI During cross-examination, Musk repeatedly pushed back on questions. OpenAI lawyer William Savitt was asking about emails Musk wrote before OpenAI's founding in 2015 on whether it would be better to make it a standard for-profit company and about tax deductions from his donations to the nonprofit. "Your questions are not simple," Musk said. "They are designed to trick me essentially." Any simple answer, he said, would be misleading the jury. Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers stepped in, asking Musk to answer whether it's true or false that OpenAI was formed as a nonprofit in December 2015. Musk said in that case, the answer was yes, but added that it is not always simple, comparing it to asking "have you stopped beating your wife?" "We are not going to go there," the judge replied, to laughs in the courtroom. READ MORE: Elon Musk sues Apple and OpenAI, alleging they are stifling AI competition Despite moments of levity, the stakes are high at the trial, which could sway the balanc...
Elon Musk's OpenAI Trial Testimony: Annotated - The Ringer
Musk is suing Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, his former collaborators and cofounders at the artificial intelligence outfit OpenAI, for what he argues is a grievous and greedy breach of the frontier ...
The Real Stakes Behind Elon Musk's Showdown with Sam Altman
The Real Stakes Behind Elon Musk's Showdown with Sam Altman A California trial examines whether OpenAI's evolution into a for-profit giant violated its founding commitments and investor trust.
