‘Stole a charity’: Elon Musk accuses Sam Altman of betrayal in courtroom showdown

Elon Musk accuses OpenAI co-founders of betraying nonprofit mission as high-stakes trial opens in California. | Contesto: cronaca

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• ‘Stole a charity’: Elon Musk accuses Sam Altman of betrayal in courtroom showdown

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The long-simmering feud between Elon Musk and Sam Altman erupted into a full-blown courtroom drama on Tuesday as opening arguments began in a trial that will determine the fate of OpenAI’s founding narrative. Lawyers for the two tech billionaires squared off before a California jury, each offering starkly different accounts of how the artificial intelligence company evolved from a nonprofit dedicated to benefiting humanity into a for-profit powerhouse valued in the tens of billions. Musk, who co-founded OpenAI with Altman and Greg Brockman in 2015 but left three years later, alleges that his former partners broke a foundational agreement to prioritize public good over profit. The trial is expected to feature testimony from Musk, Altman, Brockman, and some of the most powerful figures in the technology industry. At the heart of Musk’s case is the claim that Altman and Brockman “stole a charity” by steering OpenAI away from its original nonprofit mission. Musk argues that the pivot to a for-profit structure, which began in 2019, violated the core principles upon which the organization was founded. He contends that Altman and Brockman unjustly enriched themselves as the company raised billions of dollars from investors, including Microsoft, and grew into a dominant force in artificial intelligence. Musk’s legal team is seeking to prove that the defendants deliberately obscured their intentions from early donors and the public, effectively betraying the trust that underpinned OpenAI’s initial launch. The trial marks the culmination of a years-long feud that has grown increasingly personal and public. Musk and Altman once worked closely together to advance AI research, but their relationship soured as OpenAI shifted toward commercial applications. Musk has frequently criticized OpenAI’s direction on social media and in interviews, accusing the company of prioritizing profit over safety. Altman, meanwhile, has defended the for-profit restructuring as necessary to secure the massive funding required to compete with tech giants like Google and to develop advanced AI systems responsibly. The courtroom showdown now forces both men to defend their versions of events under...

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