Open AI president testifies he feared Elon Musk ‘was going to hit’ him during confrontation
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OpenAI President Gregory Brockman, left, and his wife Anna Brockman depart court.
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OpenAI counters that Musk left voluntarily after failing to seize majority control and has since become the company’s direct competitor through his own AI venture, xAI.
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Under cross-examination by OpenAI attorney Sarah Eddy, Brockman sought to reframe diary entries that Musk’s lawyers had used the previous day to portray him as a calculating opportunist.
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One November 2017 entry read: “It’d be wrong to steal the non-profit from him… That’d be pretty morally bankrupt.”
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“It’s very painful, very deeply personal writings that were never meant for the world to see, but there’s nothing in there I’m ashamed of,” Brockman said in court.
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Brockman also testified that when Musk announced his departure from OpenAI in February 2018, he told staff he intended to pursue AI development inside Tesla without regard for safety.
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“If the sheep are dictating safety and the wolves are not, then there’s no purpose,” Brockman said Musk allegedly told employees at the time.
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