Musk and Altman’s bitter feud over OpenAI to be laid bare in court

Tesla chief believes Altman broke company’s founding agreement – and legal battle promises to be explosive The bitter rivalry between two of the tech world’s most powerful men arrives in court this week, as Elon Musk’s lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI heads to trial in Oakland, California. The case is set to feature some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley, and its outcome could affect the course of the AI boom. Musk’s suit, filed in 2024, focuses on the formative years of OpenAI when...

By Dara Kerr and Nick Robins-Early

Can Sam Altman be trusted? Elon Musk wants a jury to answer Big Tech's hottest question.

Elon Musk is putting Sam Altman's credibility on trial Anna Moneymaker/Getty; Anadolu/Getty; Northern District of California court; Tyler Le/BI Elon Musk's lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI goes to trial on Monday. He says Altman and Greg Brockman deceived him by effectively making OpenAI a for-profit company. OpenAI says Musk is just jealous that Musk's own company, xAI, lags so far behind. In early 2023, when Elon Musk began attacking OpenAI in public, Sam Altman sent him a text. He w...