“17 times during his testimony I had to ask him to answer the question,” Molo says. Dude, you don’t want this. If they’re considering conduct, they’re considering your client’s conduct, which was remarkably bad. [Link: Elon Musk’s worst enemy in court is Elon Musk | https://www.theverge.com/tech/921022/elon-musk-cross-openai-altman | The Verge]

Big testimony is expected this week in a trial that's already produced major revelations. Here's what to look out for + the biggest news so far.

Elon Musk’s lawyer began his cross examination of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in court on Tuesday with a brief question: “Are you completely trustworthy?”

Nobody has more to lose in the high-profile trial than OpenAI chief Sam Altman, and he has finally taken to the stand.

Elon Musk's lawyer started his cross-examination of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in court Tuesday, asking if he is honest and if he can be trusted.

“I read a vague, like, a lightweight threat in there.”

Altman testified in Elon Musk's case against him, OpenAI and Microsoft.

Sam Altman testifies in landmark OpenAI trial, says Musk wanted control of company - SiliconANGLE

Sam Altman is accused by Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk of having diverted the OpenAI foundation away from a non-profit organization for personal gain. At the trial, he was forced…

She seems confused by a CTO not knowing what revenue had been generated. Scott noted he was not the chief revenue officer. He seemed amused.

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OAKLAND, California, May 14 : A lawyer for Elon Musk hammered at the credibility of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Thursday, near the end of a trial at which Musk wants jurors to hold…

“He’s sorry he could not be here,” Molo says. He’s thumping on how important jury service is, which is never a good sign in a closing statement.

“17 times during his testimony I had to ask him to answer the question,” Molo says. Dude, you don’t want this. If they’re considering conduct, they’re considering your client’s…

Look, this case is full of liars. It just is! The biggest problem for his side is the contemporaneous written evidence.

I disagree! I think that’s Ilya Sutskever, frankly. Those two did the least amount of beefing on the cross-exam, it’s true. But I am against the Sutskever erasure here — not least…

Molo keeps interrupting himself to restate things or say things like “remember the residuals?” It’s really important in closing to tell a straightforward, easy-to-follow story…

I am just going to break from telling you what Molo is saying to say what my personal impression was from sitting here all these weeks: Everyone was improvising. There was no…

During his speech, Molo told the jury he wasn’t asking for money. That is in fact not true — otherwise I wouldn’t be sitting through phase 2 of the trial next week. “You slipped…

So far he’s got “they’re a for-profit corporation,” “they know Musk was a co-founder,” and “they read the announcement OpenAI existed.” This is easily the thinnest part of a very…

I do wonder how this would have played in the hands of a better lawyer. Molo’s book report did not overwhelm me with confidence in his case, particularly because a lot of his…