“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.

The OpenAI chief rejects claims he deceived Elon Musk as high-stakes AI trial nears its end

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.

She quotes a tweet of his saying that he believes Musk was doing his best for humanity. He asks when that was. She says, January 2025. He says, well he’s done some things that…

There is no rebuttal case from Musk’s team. We will get closing statements tomorrow.

A gag-gift trophy, an Elon Musk tantrum, and a Reid Hoffman name-drop figured prominently in the final day of testimony for Musk v Altman jurors.

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A crucial trial involving Elon Musk and OpenAI is concluding. Musk accuses OpenAI leaders of betraying its founding mission for personal gain. Lawyers are presenting closing…

“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.

Molo agrees that OpenAI needed money for compute. He is annoyed that a “brainstorming session” is being cast as evidence that Musk wanted to abandon OpenAI’s non-profit mission.

Musk sued his OpenAI co-founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, alleging they had violated a promise to keep their company a nonprofit.

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…

Lawyers for Elon Musk and OpenAI began closing arguments Thursday in the landmark trial whose outcome could shape the future of artificial intelligence.

The OpenAI megatrial is wrapping up.

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…