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• @mikeisaac Rat King on x

  pretty funny “graphic design is my passion”-style photoshop of Altman self-dealing on “both sides of the table” to himself also the photos they're using of Altman and Brockman are straight up mugshot-worthy i really need to know who musk's trial team's resident photoshop guy is

• @mikeisaac Rat King on x

  Musk's strategy seems to be to trash any and everyone involved with Altman, including Microsoft. Satya Nadella, Molo says, was “pulling all the strings” to get Altman reinstated after the board fired him in 2023

• @cityofthetown Tom Dotan on x

  Stephen Molo's mic keeps going off at the Musk Altman trial. Now right as he describes Altman's firing and MSFT's pulling the strings to reinstate him. “Is this a Microsoft product?” he asks.

• @ahall_research Andy Hall on x

  The Musk-OpenAI trial starts today, and it's rooted in fundamental questions about how AI is going to concentrate power. The origins of OpenAI and the battle with Musk were explicitly about “AGI dictatorship”—fears that Demis Hassabis, Sam Altman, or Elon Musk might wield

• @ceodonovan Caroline O'Donovan on x

  Elon Musk's lawyer's microphone has turned off probably four times in the course of his opening statement in Musk v. Open AI. On the fifth or so time, Federal Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers sez: “What can I tell you? We are funded by the federal government.”

• @mikeisaac Rat King on x

  Musk's lawyer, Steven Molo, is really painting a picture of Musk for the jury as a selfless champion of the human race, who is levying this legal challenge “for the benefit of all mankind” rather than, say, a corporate strategic move among competitors.

• @ceodonovan Caroline O'Donovan on x

  I'm in the court room for Musk v. Altman today, along with Musk himself. HIs lawyer is currently explaining what SpaceX is, along with every other company Musk has founded. “Whether you like him or dislike him, you can't disagree with the fact that he is a legend.”

• @mikeisaac Rat King on x

  “Everyone seems to know mr musk and everyone seems to have an opinion about mr musk. not every opinion is good, not every opinion is bad.” — musk's lawyer, as he asks Musk to stand and say hello to the jury. musk stands, nods in his usual triple nodding sort of way, sits.

• @gerritd Gerrit De Vynck on x

  It's already been a long morning at Musk v. Altman et al. Reporters began lining up at 5am. Musk and Altman came in through a special entrance but went through security like everyone else. Opening statements are beginning NOW

• @mikeisaac Rat King on x

  in the courtroom, Judge Gonzalez Rogers is laying out the case for the jury before we begin opening statements. Musk is sitting at the front of the courtroom. Sam Altman and Greg Brockman are sitting together on a bench on the opposite side of the room. i forgot to pack lunch

• @mikeisaac Rat King on x

  Musk had to walk through the metal detectors twice, after setting the machine off the first time. He forgot to take his belt off. oops!

• @mikeisaac Rat King on x

  Elon Musk and Sam Altman have entered the building, along with a phalanx of lawyers

• @katiebakes @katiebakes on x

  attorney paparazzi outside Musk v Altman [image]

• @hadas_gold Hadas Gold on x

  Jury has been selected! Musk team tried to have a few jurors dismissed over their statements about Musk, but judge denied most. “The reality is that people don't like him. Many people don't like him. That does not mean that Americans can't have integrity for the judicial

• @zeffmax Max Zeff on x

  I should note that almost all of these people said they could look past these opinions and be unbiased and fair in the case, it seems like it will only disqualify a very small number of potential jurors.

• @zeffmax Max Zeff on x

  Among the 40 potential jurors in the trial, several have said they don't like Musk, but a significant chunk of the jurors don't even know who Altman is. More here: https://www.wired.com/...

• @jordanuhl @jordanuhl on x

  Jury selection in the Elon Musk v. Sam Altman/OpenAI case is complicated by the fact that potential jurors have a negative view of AI and Elon Musk: [video]

• @hadas_gold Hadas Gold on x

  All jurors are being asked about their feelings about Elon Musk, AI in general, OpenAI and the defendants writ large. A few have said they have negative or strong feelings about Musk, others have said they have questions about his political activities.

• @zeffmax Max Zeff on x

  Jury selection is underway in Musk v Altman. The first few potential jurors have flagged that it'll be hard to be unbiased and fair, because of their negative views about Elon Musk and AI more broadly.

• @elonmusk Elon Musk on x

  Scam Altman and Greg Stockman stole a charity. Full stop. Greg got tens of billions of stock for himself and Scam got dozens of OpenAI side deals with a piece of the action for himself, Y Combinator style. After this lawsuit, Scam will also be awarded tens of billions in stock

• @openainewsroom @openainewsroom on x

  We can't wait to make our case in court where both the truth and the law are on our side. This lawsuit has always been a baseless and jealous bid to derail a competitor. We'll also finally have the chance to question Mr. Musk under oath before a jury of Californians about this

• @katiemiller Katie Miller on x

  A headline today. Tell me more about how this “benefits all of humanity.” [image]

• @suchenzang Susan Zhang on x

  saying you want to “benefit all of humanity” over and over doesn't make it true [image]

• @elonmusk Elon Musk on x

  They stole a nonprofit. It's not right. [video]

• @yv_thorne @yv_thorne on x

  If the lawsuit was “baseless”, you wouldn't be sending an army of lawyers through the court doors this morning. You've tried to dismiss the case several times now and failed because no one is above the law. Your constant lies got you here today, ClosedAI.

• @xfreeze @xfreeze on x

  Interesting how it works Elon puts up his own money, rounds up the absolute best AI talent on the planet, leverages every connection he has to secure serious resources, and launches OpenAI in 2015 as a pure non-profit explicitly created to develop AI for the benefit of

• @mikeisaac Rat King on x

  carnival outside of the musk v. OpenAI trial but i can't find the funnel cakes [video]

• @ceodonovan Caroline O'Donovan on x

  Inside the federal court house in Oakland, the judge is still questioning potential jurors about their use of AI, biases towards Musk / OpenAI, and scheduling conflicts. Outside the courtroom, though, people seem to be having fun in the sun... [video]

• @brianroemmele Brian Roemmele on x

  Elon's influence was monumental to OpenAI. The reality is there simply wouldn't have been the AI world we have today. It is not perfect. But would have been orders of magnitude worse. This is the way of it.

• @elonmusk Elon Musk on x

  That's what it comes down to

• @elonmusk Elon Musk on x

  Scam Altman owned the OpenAI Startup fund while simultaneously lying to the world that he didn't financially benefit from OpenAI

• @elonmusk Elon Musk on x

  Scam Altman didn't tell the OpenAI board that he OWNED the OpenAI Startup Fund. Altman lied in congressional testimony that he didn't have financial gain from OpenAI.

• @katiemiller Katie Miller on x

  Even former OpenAI employees didn't want Sam Altman converting OpenAI from a nonprofit charity to a for-profit business. “OpenAI may one day build technology that could get us all killed,” said Nisan Stiennon, an AI engineer who worked at OpenAI from 2018 to 2020. “It is to [imag…

• @marionawfal Mario Nawfal on x

  ELON MUSK vs SAM ALTMAN TRIAL DATE: APRIL 27, 2026 In the blue corner: the man who BUILT OpenAI, funded it, warned everyone it would go wrong, got pushed out, got proven right, and is now back to collect. In the red corner: a man who took Elon's nonprofit, converted it into a [im…

• @elonmusk Elon Musk on x

  This is why OpenAI was created

• @wallstreetapes @wallstreetapes on x

  Elon Musk's trial against Sam Altman begins today Remember, an OpenAi whistleblower was murdered Tucker Carlson revealed that OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji's mother has crime scene photos that show blood all over the apartment, she has actual photo proof of this Photos [vide…

• @paranoidream @paranoidream on x

  altman when he decided to keep “openai” [image]

• @cb_doge @cb_doge on x

  Sam Altman cannot be trusted. • The OpenAI board fired him because he was not always honest with them. They said he should not control powerful AI. • A major report talked to over 100 people and saw secret papers. It says he has almost a sociopathic lack of concern for the [image…

• @dvorahfr Déborah on x

  Today marks the start of the Elon Musk v.Sam Altman trial. Two opposing worldviews. Sam Altman transformed a non-profit organization into one of the world's most profitable companies for his own enrichment. Elon Musk, who did everything he could to limit the development of

• @darakerr Dara Kerr on bluesky

  The jury was finalized in Musk v Altman today.  The judge had to repeatedly ask if people could put aside negative feelings for Musk.  —  One called him a “jerk”, another said they “disagree with a lot of things he's done”.  One said: “Elon doesn't care about people”  —  www.theg…

• @lorak Lora Kolodny on bluesky

  Protesters plan a demonstration near the court house in Oakland, CA as jury selection gets underway in Musk v. Altman. www.cnbc.com/2026/04/27/m... CNBC's Ashley Capoot is at the court today & I'm (of course) covering developments w/ her...

• @justinhendrix Justin Hendrix on bluesky

  “A lawsuit between two of Silicon Valley's biggest tycoons goes to trial Monday in California, the culmination of a years-long bitter feud.  Elon Musk has accused Sam Altman of betraying the founding agreement of the nonprofit they started together, OpenAI, by changing it to a fo…

• @mikeisaac Rat King on x

  lol okay the openai photoshop guy has some moves OAI's lawyer telling “A Tale of Two Elons” — first pic is bathed in green background, a younger, smiling musk depicted second is all red, older musk, frowning

• @mikeisaac Rat King on x

  decidedly less flair in OAI's opening arguments but maybe im just tired. anyway he's laying into Musk but also really about history and explaining the extremely long and winding path to this point to the jury

• @michelletomkim Michelle Kim on x

  @techreview OpenAI's lawyer pulls up a photo of the founding members of OpenAI during the company's early days, wearing T-shirts and jeans in a scrappy office and “working day and night,” he says. Musk, who was at Y Combinator, came by occasionally to “yell at people for not movi…

• @mikeisaac Rat King on x

  the headshots OpenAI is using for Musk and his allies are far more flattering than the ones Musk's photoshop guy used for OAI execs lol

• @mikeisaac Rat King on x

  “The DOTA win was a big deal.” — OpenAI's lawyers on how a (admittedly fun) computer game was proof OAI's models were getting better by beating top DOTA players online to be fair, i too think video games are a big deal

• @hadas_gold Hadas Gold on x

  Musk side opening statement is done. Attorney opened with “The defendants in this case stole a charity”. We're in a break now before OpenAI side goes up.

• @michelletomkim Michelle Kim on x

  Musk's lawyer tells the jury this case is not about Elon Musk, but about OpenAI. He says OpenAI was founded to develop AI safely given its potential risks. It wasn't avehicle for people to get rich, he says.

• @hadas_gold Hadas Gold on x

  Judge: “clean slate... all of you try to control your propensity to use social media to make things worse outside this courtroom. let's let this play through. perhaps you've never done that before. this would be a first. can you agree to that” Musk, Altman and Brockman all agree

• @hadas_gold Hadas Gold on x

  Judge is asking Musk whether she needs a gag order due to his social media use!!

• @thisiselena Elena Perez on bluesky

  advice for the masses, tbh [embedded post]

• @mikeisaac Rat King on x

  OAI's lawyer done, Microsoft's lawyer up. MSFT's whole thing is basically “yo leave us out of this”

• @hadas_gold Hadas Gold on x

  Savitt (OpenAI lawyer) says Musk also “sat on his claims for years” that “Musk has all the relevant info by Sept 2020. Years go by, he forms xAI in 2023 ” then lawsuits are filed. “It's too late now to gin up something to harm a competitor,” Savitt says

• @hadas_gold Hadas Gold on x

  Takeaways from OpenAI's opening: “We're here because Mr. Musk didn't get his way at OpenAI,” said evidence will show Musk was always aware of the for profit plans. Noted Musk's attorney's never mentioned xAI, an OpenAI competitor ...

• @ns123abc Nik on x

  🚨An email exchange from September 2017 was just shown to jurors Musk: “Either go do something on your own or continue with OpenAI as a nonprofit.” Altman: “I remain enthusiastic about the non-profit structure!” The same month Brockman wrote in his diary: “i cannot believe [image]

• @teddyschleifer Teddy Schleifer on x

  In the OpenAI trial, Elon Musk ❤️ Charity. In reality... [image]

• @mikeisaac Rat King on x

  “I have extreme concerns about AI. I've had concerns about AI for a very long time.” — Musk musk now trashing larry page on the stand amid their fallout. “I care more about humans than AI. what team are you on, Larry?” — musk

• @mikeisaac Rat King on x

  lot of musk's case is him making the point that he's acting “in the best interests of humanity” so a lot of what he's talking about right now is how fast AI is advancing and how it's going to take over the world and be uncontrollable.

• @mikeisaac Rat King on x

  Musk's Lawyer's line of questioning essentially boils down to “how can you be so awesome?” musk basically says “b/c i dont sleep”

• @mikeisaac Rat King on x

  @ceodonovan very clear that Musk's lawyers are making Musk, the public figure, a focal point of the trial, leaning on his celebrity and how his ‘self-made man’ mythos is attractive to his fans. he also made his pleas directly to the jury, facing them with an intense look.

• @mikeisaac Rat King on x

  @ceodonovan Musk's opening broadside on the stakes of this case are....dramatic: “It will give license to looting every charity in america. The consequences of this case go far beyond me or everyone here. The entire foundation of charitable giving in america will be destroyed.”

• @michelletomkim Michelle Kim on x

  @techreview At various times, Elon says he, Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, and Ilya Sutskever brainstormed various ways to fund OpenAI, which was a nonprofit. They talked about attaching it to Tesla or creating a for-profit entity. “I was not opposed to there being a small for-profit…

• @michelletomkim Michelle Kim on x

  @techreview As one of the founders of OpenAI, Elon Musk says he came up with the idea of the company, the name, recruited the key people, and provided the initial funding. He says he could've made a for-profit AI company, but chose not to. He wanted to make a “charity that does n…

• @michelletomkim Michelle Kim on x

  @techreview “I would've created a nonprofit open-source foundation with or without Sam Altman or Greg Brockman,” says Elon Musk. But at the time, he was glad they would do it with him.

• @michelletomkim Michelle Kim on x

  @techreview “The reason OpenAI exists is because Larry Page called me a speciesist,” says Elon Musk. Because Larry does not care enough about AI safety, he thought, there should be a “counterbalance to Google”: “an open-source nonprofit would be the opposite of Google,” which is

• @michelletomkim Michelle Kim on x

  @techreview Elon Musk says Larry Page at Google wasn't sufficiently concerned about AI safety. According to Elon, when he asked Larry what happens if AI poses risks to humanity, “That will be fine as long as artificial intelligence survives,” Larry told him. “And then he called m…

• @karlbode.com Karl Bode on bluesky

  take off and nuke the entire site from orbit, it's the only way to be sure