OpenAI Co-Founder Finishes Testimony Against Musk
Greg Brockman is a co-founder and president of OpenAI. He finished giving evidence on Tuesday in the trial between OpenAI and Elon Musk.
The trial is now in its second week. It is being held in federal court in Oakland, California.
Brockman described a tense clash with Musk over possible ownership shares in OpenAI. He said he feared Musk would physically attack him during that clash.
Brockman also told the court that Musk wanted to change how OpenAI ran as a nonprofit. He pushed back on Musk's version of OpenAI's early history.
He also described secret work done for Tesla. Reports say Musk wanted control of OpenAI partly to fund a city on Mars.
Reports also say Musk called an early version of ChatGPT stupid. Microsoft is also named in the case.
It is accused of helping OpenAI break its duties as a charity. The trial centers on disputes over OpenAI's direction and structure.
Key Terms 5
- OpenAI US company that makes ChatGPT and other AI tools
- nonprofit An organisation that does not aim to make profit
- equity shares Ownership stakes that give a person a share of a company
- charitable trust Legal duty to use an organisation's assets for public good
- co-defendant A second party accused alongside the main party in a legal case