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Claim, counter-claim and tech's seedy side exposed: Five things we learned in the Musk-Altman trial
Key takeaways
- Lily Jamali North America technology correspondent, Oakland, California AFP via Getty Images.
- At stake is the future of one of the world's most valuable start-ups, Chat GPT-maker Open AI, along with the reputations of Altman - the company's boss - and Musk, the man he founded it with.
- But there's been much more to the trial than that.
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Lily Jamali North America technology correspondent, Oakland, California AFP via Getty Images. It is the legal showdown that has pitted two of the biggest names in tech, Elon Musk and Sam Altman, against each other.
At stake is the future of one of the world's most valuable start-ups, Chat GPT-maker Open AI, along with the reputations of Altman - the company's boss - and Musk, the man he founded it with.
The central claim the jury has now retired to consider is Musk's argument his former friend "stole a charity", cheating him out of a fortune (albeit a tiny one, by Musk's standards) along the way - something Altman strongly rejects.
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