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Musk vs. Altman Evidence Shows What Microsoft Executives Thought of ...
OpenAI’s relationship with Microsoft, its longtime investor and cloud partner, has grown increasingly complicated over the years as the ChatGPT-maker has grown into a behemoth competitor.But Microsoft executives had reservations about sending additional funding to OpenAI as far back as 2018 when it was just a small nonprofit research lab, according to emails between more than a dozen Microsoft executives, including CEO Satya Nadella, shown in a federal court on Thursday during the Musk v. Altman trial.The emails show how Microsoft, at the time, wavered over what has since been held up as one of the most successful corporate partnerships in tech history. Several Microsoft executives said in the emails their visits to OpenAI did not indicate any imminent breakthroughs in developing artificial general intelligence. In 2017, much of OpenAI’s work was focused on building AI systems that could play video games, which showed early signs of success. But OpenAI needed five times more computing power than it had originally secured from Microsoft to continue the project.Microsoft worried that not providing support could push OpenAI into the arms of Amazon, the world’s dominant cloud computing provider at the time. Roughly 18 months after the emails were sent, Microsoft announced a landmark $1 billion investment in OpenAI after the lab created a for-profit arm that provided the tech giant with the potential to generate a return of $20 billion.Microsoft declined to comment.Elon Musk’s attorneys introduced the emails to show Microsoft’s evolving relationship with OpenAI. After Musk reached out to Nadella, Microsoft in 2016 agreed to provide $60 million worth of cloud computing services to OpenAI at a steep discount. OpenAI consumed the services twice as fast as expected.The email chain kicked off on August 11, 2017 with Nadella reaching out to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to congratulate the lab on winning a video game competition using AI to mimic a human player. Ten days later, Altman responded seeking $300 million worth of Microsoft Azure cloud computing services.“We could figure how to fund some of it but not that much,” Altman wrote, apparently seeking a financial handout and engineering help. “I think it will be the most impressive thing yet in the history of AI.”Nadella asked four lieutenants for their input on how to respond three days later. Microsoft’s AI team saw “no value in engaging,” according to a response from Jason Zander, Microsoft’s executive vice president,...
Altman vs. Elon for the future of OpenAI | The Verge
Sam Altman and Elon Musk are facing off in a high-stakes trial that could alter the future of OpenAI and its most well-known product, ChatGPT. In 2024, Musk filed a lawsuit accusing OpenAI of abandoning its founding mission of developing AI to benefit humanity and shifting focus to boosting profits instead.Elon Musk, his financial manager and Neuralink CEO, Jared Birchall, and OpenAI cofounder Greg Brockman have already testified before the jury. Shivon Zilis, a former OpenAI board member who shares four children with Musk, took the stand on Wednesday, and the courtroom also watched former OpenAI CTO Mura Murati’s videotaped deposition.Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is scheduled to appear on Monday, May 11th, with OpenAI cofounder and former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever lined up to testify after that.Musk was a cofounder of OpenAI and claims that Altman and Brockman tricked him into giving the company money, only to turn their backs on their original goal. However, OpenAI says that “This lawsuit has always been a baseless and jealous bid to derail a competitor” in a bid to boost Musk’s own SpaceX / xAI / X companies that have launched Grok as a competitor to ChatGPT.In his lawsuit, Musk is asking for the removal of Altman and Brockman, and for OpenAI to stop operating as a public benefit corporation. Musk has also demanded that OpenAI’s nonprofit receive up to $150 billion in damages he’s asking for if he wins the case.People to KnowPlaintiffElon Musk — plaintiff, OpenAI cofounder and now CEO of rival xAISteven Molo — lead counsel for plaintiffJared Birchall — manager of Musk’s family officeShivon Zilis — former OpenAI board member who shares multiple children with MuskDefendantSam Altman — defendant, CEO of OpenAIWilliam Savitt — lead counsel for defendantGreg Brockman — president of OpenAI as well as a cofounderIlya Sutskever — former chief scientist at OpenAI and a cofounderJudgeYvonne Gonzalez Rogers — aka YGR, trial judgeHere’s all the latest on the trial between Musk and Altman:HighlightsMusk’s biggest loyalist became his biggest liabilityMira Murati tells the court that she couldn’t trust Sam Altman’s wordsGoogle’s AI architect lived rent-free in Elon Musk’s headOpenAI’s president does ‘all the things,’ except answer a questionElon Musk’s worst enemy in court is Elon MuskElon Musk appeared more petty than preparedMusk vs. Altman is here, and it’s going to get messyElon Musk is about to be a very busy boy!‘Sideshow’ concerns and billionaire dreams: Wh...
The Elon Musk-OpenAI trial provides more heat than light on ... - Fortune
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (right) and OpenAI president Greg Brockman arriving at the federal court in Oakland, California, last week. Billionaire Elon Musk, who also helped cofound OpenAI, is suing ...
The Musk vs. Altman Trial: What It Really Means for the ... - LinkedIn
TL;DR: The trial between Elon Musk and OpenAI, including CEO Sam Altman, is underway in Oakland, California. Musk alleges that OpenAI abandoned its original nonprofit mission to benefit humanity ...
