Openai · The Verge
All the evidence introduced so far in Musk v. Altman
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Emails going as far back as 2015 give a glimpse into the foundations of OpenAI and the early tensions at the company.
Key facts
- An April 2016 email exchange between Musk and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang
- They also hope to raise significantly more than $100 million to start, as they worry the data center they need alone would cost that much
- He suggests that they start with seven to 10 people and expand from there, using an extra Y Combinator building located in Mountain View
- Governance-wise, Altman names five people to start, proposing himself, Musk, Bill Gates, Pierre Omidyar, and Dustin Moskovitz
Summary
Musk v. Altman trial is underway, and that means exhibits, or the evidence to be presented in court, are being revealed piece by piece. Musk’s buzzy lawsuit, which began its jury trial on Monday in a federal courtroom in California, names Altman, Brockman, and OpenAI investor Microsoft as defendants. Former OpenAI employees and people close to both companies have been watching this particular lawsuit with a close eye, since the outcome of a jury trial could have affected how OpenAI runs its business and controls its quickly advancing technology. The lawsuit discovery process had already unearthed a lot of eyebrow-raising communications between AI industry executives, from emails between Altman and Sutskever to entries from Brockman’s own diary.