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Musk and Altman Face Off in Court
Elon Musk and Sam Altman went to trial on Monday. The two were once business partners at OpenAI.
The trial started with jury selection at a federal court in Oakland in the United States. Musk says Altman betrayed OpenAI's original mission.
OpenAI was founded in 2015 as a nonprofit group. It later became a for-profit company worth $852 billion.
Musk claims Altman acted with deceit and broke the trust of the nonprofit. OpenAI says Musk knew about the change to for-profit.
OpenAI also says Musk wanted the company merged into Tesla for his own gain. Microsoft is also named in the case. It is accused of helping OpenAI break its charitable duties.
Klear Note — OpenAI started as a nonprofit in 2015 to develop safe AI. It later became a for-profit company worth $852 billion. Musk and Altman were early partners but have since disagreed.
Key Terms 4
- nonprofit
- A group that does not aim to make profit
- for-profit
- A company that aims to earn money for owners
- charitable trust
- A legal duty to use assets for public good
- OpenAI
- A company that builds artificial intelligence technology