OpenAI Takes Aim at Elon Musk’s Narrative, Credibility in Oakland Trial

The Tesla CEO continued testimony on the second day of an epic legal battle over the future of OpenAI.
OpenAI Takes Aim at Elon Musk’s Narrative, Credibility in Oakland Trial
OpenAI attorney William Savitt cross-examines Elon Musk as his deposition is played on a screen, during Musk's lawsuit trial over OpenAI's for-profit conversion before U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, with Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, sitting in the foreground, at a federal courthouse in Oakland, California, U.S., April 30, 2026, in a courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Vicki Behringer
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OAKLAND, Calif.—Attorneys representing OpenAI on April 29 pushed back against allegations in federal court that the company’s CEO Sam Altman defrauded Tesla CEO Elon Musk and betrayed a founding mission to operate as an open-source, nonprofit lab dedicated to advancing artificial intelligence for the benefit of humanity.

Musk continued testifying on the second day of the high-profile civil trial, asking a jury to find Altman and others liable for claims that they took tens of millions of dollars in charitable donations from Musk—then converted OpenAI to a for-profit venture in order to enrich themselves.

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Beige Luciano-Adams is an investigative reporter covering Los Angeles and statewide issues in California. She has covered politics, arts, culture, and social issues for a variety of outlets, including LA Weekly and MediaNews Group publications. Reach her at [email protected] and follow her on X: https://twitter.com/LucianoBeige
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