When asked simple questions by William Savitt, one of the attorneys representing OpenAI
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When Musk answered questions, he argued that OpenAI had sacrificed safe and responsible AI development by prioritizing profits.
Key facts
He was requesting, among other remedies, more than $150 billion in damages, which Musk said he would donate to the OpenAI nonprofit
Musk, who helped form OpenAI as a nonprofit in 2015, alleged that Altman and OpenAI had violated the organization’s founding principles by seeking profits
When Musk answered questions, he argued that OpenAI had sacrificed safe and responsible AI development by prioritizing profits
And Musk could have known of any alleged wrongdoing, the jury found, well
Summary
Sam Altman did not seem to be having a good time. On the witness stand Tuesday, Altman repeatedly noted how Musk’s actions had “annoyed” him. Musk, who helped form OpenAI as a nonprofit in 2015, alleged that Altman and OpenAI had violated the organization’s founding principles by seeking profits. He was requesting, among other remedies, more than $150 billion in damages, which Musk said he would donate to the OpenAI nonprofit. OpenAI swept the legal argument. Musk came off the worst in this trial, by far. This was a farcical notion based on any number of pieces of evidence and testimony presented at trial, not least of which being that in 2017, Musk himself was involved in discussions for OpenAI to raise more money by making a parallel for-profit arm. As a witness, Musk was impish.