{"id":14876,"date":"2026-05-18T04:05:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T04:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techtrendfeed.com\/?p=14876"},"modified":"2026-05-18T04:05:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T04:05:22","slug":"musk-v-altman-week-3-musk-and-altman-traded-blows-over-one-anothers-credibility-now-the-jury-will-choose-a-aspect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techtrendfeed.com\/?p=14876","title":{"rendered":"Musk v. Altman week 3: Musk and Altman traded blows over one another\u2019s credibility. Now the jury will choose a aspect."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Musk\u2019s lawyer shot again, grilling Altman on his alleged <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2026\/04\/13\/sam-altman-may-control-our-future-can-he-be-trusted\">historical past of mendacity<\/a>. He identified that OpenAI\u2019s former executives Ilya Sutskever and Mira Murati, and former board members Helen Toner and Tasha McCauley, all testified that Altman had lied to them. In 2023, Altman was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/tech\/ai\/the-real-story-behind-sam-altman-firing-from-openai-efd51a5d\">briefly fired<\/a> as CEO over the alleged conduct.<\/p>\n<p>Molo additionally pressed Altman about his private investments in startups that do enterprise with OpenAI. Altman testified that he <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/tech\/ai\/chatgpt-openai-ipo-altman-029ae6d5\">tried to steer<\/a> OpenAI to purchasing energy from the nuclear power firm Helion Vitality, a 3rd of which he owns.<\/p>\n<p>(Final Friday, the US Home oversight committee launched an <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Altman-OpenAI-Letter-050826.pdf\">investigation<\/a> into Altman\u2019s potential conflicts of curiosity. Attorneys basic from greater than a half-dozen states known as for the Securities and Change Fee to evaluation them.)<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his closing assertion, Molo put Altman\u2019s credibility on the stand once more. \u201cThink about that you simply\u2019re on a hike, and also you stumble upon a kind of wood bridges that you simply see on a path, and it\u2019s over a gorge,\u201d he stated. \u201cA lady standing by the entry to the bridge says, \u2018Don\u2019t fear\u2014the bridge is constructed on Sam Altman\u2019s model of the reality.\u2019 Would you stroll throughout that bridge?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Altman, who sat behind his attorneys, regarded up uneasily each time his title was talked about.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Throughout her closing argument, Eddy fired again. Musk \u201cby no means cared concerning the nonprofit construction,\u201d she stated. \u201cWhat he cared about was successful.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Musk, although, was absent. Regardless of the choose\u2019s order that he stay out there, he <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/tech\/elon-musk\/musk-flies-china-trump-ongoing-openai-trial-rcna344981\">flew to China<\/a> with President Trump.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Did Altman promise to maintain OpenAI a nonprofit?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Throughout her closing argument, Eddy argued that no testimony or proof confirmed any situations on Musk\u2019s donations, or any guarantees made by Altman and Brockman to maintain the corporate a nonprofit. \u201cNo commitments or guarantees have been made. No restrictions have been positioned on Mr. Musk\u2019s donations,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Musk\u2019s lawyer shot again, grilling Altman on his alleged historical past of mendacity. He identified that OpenAI\u2019s former executives Ilya Sutskever and Mira Murati, and former board members Helen Toner and Tasha McCauley, all testified that Altman had lied to them. In 2023, Altman was briefly fired as CEO over the alleged conduct. 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