Elon Musk's Last-Ditch Effort to Control OpenAI

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Elon Musk tried to recruit Sam Altman to a Tesla AI lab, offering him a board seat, before Musk left OpenAI's board in February 2018.
Musk's lawsuit claims Altman and Greg Brockman misused his $38M investment to turn OpenAI into a private company worth over $800B.
OpenAI's lawyers argue Musk is acting out of 'sour grapes' after failing to control OpenAI and started a rival AI lab.
Evidence includes emails and texts showing Musk's plans to integrate OpenAI into Tesla and recruit key figures like Altman and Andrej Karpathy.
Shivon Zilis, a former OpenAI adviser and board member, testified as a conduit between Musk and Altman, revealing details about Tesla's AI ambitions.
Zilis resigned from OpenAI's board after Musk's competing AI lab, xAI, became known, though texts suggest she was aware beforehand.
The trial features testimonies from figures like Mira Murati and Helen Toner, with Musk's legal team continuing to call witnesses.

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