Posted May 13, 2026 at 9:21 PM GMT+2EJohn Coates, OpenAI’s expert witness, is running a demolition derby on Musk’s expert witness.Some highlights:(while looking at a chart that the plaintiffs showed the jury) I paraphrase but: I don’t know how he thought his slide was a fair representation of anything, much less reality“If he’s saying [the nonprofit] would own more of the for-profit if they hadn’t taken outside investment, that’s true, but then the pie would have been significantly smaller.” Coates would prefer 30 percent of a $200 billion than “a much larger share of a much smaller pie.”The nonprofit has “benefitted enormously” from the for-profit “so I don’t understand his argument.”Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Elizabeth Lopatto
John Coates, OpenAI’s expert witness, is running a demolition derby on Musk’s expert witness.
Some highlights: * (while looking at a chart that the plaintiffs showed the jury) I paraphrase but: I don’t know how he thought his slide was a fair representation of anything, much less reality * “If he’s saying [the nonprofit] would own more of the for-profit if they hadn’t taken outside investment, that’s true, but then the pie would have been significantly smaller.” Coates would prefer 30 percent of a $200 billion than “a much larger share of a much smaller pie.” * The nonprofit has “benefitted enormously” from the for-profit “so I don’t understand his argument.”
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