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Sam Altman takes the stand in trial against Elon Musk

The Verge · May 12, 2026, 4:05 PM · Also reported by 4 other sources

Open AI CEO Sam Altman has begun his testimony against Elon Musk in a high-profile jury trial in a California federal courtroom. Altman, alongside Open AI president Greg Brockman, is a primary defendant in the trial brought by Musk. Altman, Brockman, and Musk were all part of the initial founding team at Open AI, with Musk investing up to $38 million in the Chat GPT-maker's early days. But the relationship between Musk and other Open AI founders eventually soured, and Musk stepped away from the company, later going on to found his own direct competitor, xAI. In recent years, Musk and Altman have traded barbs and made a slew of allegations agains … Read the full story at The Verge.

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