Elon Musk's outsize reputation, provocative remarks and his friction with a federal judge have dominated the trial in his case against ChatGPT-maker OpenAI.

According to Savitt, once Brockman and Ilya Sutskever built an AI model capable of besting DOTA 2 players in 2017 and realized the importance of compute, they held dozens of meetings that included Musk, Jared Birchall (CEO of Neuralink and Musk’s long-time wealth manager), and Shivon Zilis ( you know ), about how to structure OpenAI for-profit.

On Thursday, Elon Musk told a California courtroom that he backed OpenAI with millions of dollars under the belief it would remain a nonprofit focused on humanity. Musk Says OpenAI Abandoned Its Original Nonprofit Mission During cross-examination,

See, part of Musk’s contention in the trial is that he gave OpenAI all that money—which helped keep the lights on back in the day, even if it’s an incredibly tiny fraction of the kind of investments the Microsoft-backed firm gets now—because he’s genuinely worried about the Rise Of The Machines.

Thanks to the ongoing trial pitting billionaires Elon Musk and Sam Altman against each other, it's come to light that Valve founder Gabe Newell--the third billionaire in this story--emailed Musk to ask if Hideo Kojima could get a tour of SpaceX.

By Deepa Seetharaman and Kenrick Cai OAKLAND, California, April 30 (Reuters) - Elon Musk faced tense questioning and showed frustration on the witness stand on Thursday during a second day of cross-examination by Sam Altman's lawyer in a trial over a lawsuit Musk brought accusing OpenAI of abandoning its mission to develop artificial intelligence for the benefit of humanity.