The Rundown: Elon Musk’s $130 B trial against OpenAI kicks off

 Elon Musk’s $130B trial against OpenAI kicks off
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The Rundown: Elon Musk just took the stand in federal court as opening statements began in his $130B lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing CEO Sam Altman of “stealing a charity” — while OAI’s lawyer told the jury Musk sued because he “didn’t get his way.”
The details:
Musk’s suit seeks $130B in damages, the ouster of Altman and Brockman from the board, and a forced unwind of OpenAI’s recent for-profit conversion. Musk said in his testimony that “if a verdict comes out that it’s OK to loot a charity, the entire foundation of charitable giving in America will be damaged”. OAI’s legal team called Musk’s suit “sour grapes,” saying Musk didn’t like the success the company saw after his departure. Microsoft’s legal team said Musk didn’t object to OAI’s structure until after its success as xAI’s competitor, and said it “knew nothing” of Altman’s 2023 firing.
Why it matters: This is just Day 1 of one of the most contentious court cases the tech world has seen, and the details are going to be juicy. With high-profile AI characters set to testify and with hundreds of pages of private messages about to spill into the public record, the next four weeks are going to be hard to look away from.
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Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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