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Musk accuses Sam Altman's lawyer of trying to trick him
Elon Musk has accused a lawyer for OpenAI of repeatedly trying to trick him during a tense cross-examination at a trial that may determine the future of the artificial intelligence company that built ChatGPT.
Musk’s lawsuit alleges OpenAI ditched its mission to build artificial intelligence for the public good, and he is seeking billions of dollars and a change in management and direction for OpenAI, which says Musk knew exactly what was going on and was angry he was not made CEO.
William Savitt, a lawyer for OpenAI, told Musk his questions about the tax benefits of his $US38 million in donations to OpenAI and the company’s corporate structure were meant to be simple, and that Musk’s responses should be as well.
“Your questions are not simple. They’re designed to trick me,” Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, told a nine-person jury in Oakland, California, federal court.