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The lawsuit centers on Musk’s claims that OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT
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Altman and Brockman say OpenAI is still controlled by a nonprofit foundation, despite having a for-profit arm with outside investors.
Key facts
- In 2019, Microsoft agreed to invest $1 billion in OpenAI’s for-profit arm and provide cloud computing services in exchange for rights to a share of profits and an exclusive license to commercialize
- Musk sued in 2024, saying his past donations to OpenAI totaling $38 million gave him a special interest in seeing that it remained a nonprofit research center
- A fourth billionaire, OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever, took the witness stand later Monday and said his stake in OpenAI’s for-profit arm is worth about $7 billion
- Nadella became Microsoft’s CEO in 2014, succeeding Steve Ballmer
Summary
OAKLAND, Calif., Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella took the witness stand Monday in a trial about control of the artificial intelligence startup OpenAI, making him the third tech billionaire to testify in the closely watched lawsuit in as many weeks. Nadella testified after appearances by Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX and a co-founder of OpenAI, and Greg Brockman, the president and a co-founder of OpenAI. A fourth billionaire, OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever, took the witness stand later Monday and said his stake in OpenAI’s for-profit arm is worth about $7 billion. The lawsuit centers on Musk’s claims that OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, has strayed from its original mission as a nonprofit research center.