Discussion

• @ceodonovan Caroline O'Donovan on x

  Sparks are starting to fly now that we're in cross examination. Musk is pushing back against OpenAI's lawyers, challenging the idea that he got tax breaks for his donations to OpenAI and arguing about the actual dollar amount he put into the company.

• @miles_brundage Miles Brundage on x

  @ZeffMax I mean safety card isn't really the term, it's system card, but yeah not a great look + he should have been like “you mean system card” if he were engaged in this kind of stuff in detail

• @ceodonovan Caroline O'Donovan on x

  OpenAI lawyer: “It's a simple question.” Musk: “Your questions are not simple. They are designed to trick me.”

• @garymarcus Gary Marcus on x

  Scary that he doesn't know this.

• @ceodonovan Caroline O'Donovan on x

  Musk's example of what a simple yes or no question might be — “Have you stopped beating your wife?” — did not go over well with the judge but garnered even more guffawing from the crowd.

• @mikeisaac Rat King on x

  OpenAI's counsel is needling Musk on whether he read a document in full, and Musk forcefully responding by saying he essentially got the gist by reading the top of the document. Savitt seems to be intentionally pressing Musk to get under his skin, and it appears to be working.

• @hadas_gold Hadas Gold on x

  @elonmusk ... Omg Musk just tried to make an example of hard to answer yes or no questions like “have you stopped beating your wife” judge cuts him off

• @mikeisaac Rat King on x

  Savitt has a new tactic: Reminding the jury of Musk's association with President Donald Trump. Savitt notes that Musk has made close associations with Trump and David Sacks, the president's A.I. and Crypto Czar. This is important. A not insignificant part of the pre-trial

• @_nathancalvin Nathan Calvin on x

  Its system card not safety card, and preparedness framework is the name of OpenAI's specific safety framework. That said... it's pretty obvious what these are referring to for someone who works in ai safety and with xAI's observed safety record it does not inspire confidence.

• @ceodonovan Caroline O'Donovan on x

  The judge is getting into it now, telling Musk, “Is it true or false? It's very simple.” The peanut gallery in the overflow room is cracking up.

• @michelletomkim Michelle Kim on x

  @techreview OpenAI's lawyer points out a text message that Elon sent to Shivon Zilis, who is a former OpenAI board member and the mother of four of Musk's children. “We should get going on creating the b corp as I promised Greg and Ilya,” he wrote. Elon testifies that he may have…

• @zeffmax Max Zeff on x

  Elon Musk just said on the witness stand that he doesn't know what a “safety card” is with regard to AI development... “Why would it be a card?” He also says he doesn't know what a preparedness framework is.

• @mikeisaac Rat King on x

  Savitt laying into Musk and Musk is giving it right back. probably the most combative part of the trial yet, and much of it is focused on quibbling over lines in the documents

• @mikeisaac Rat King on x

  Musk is visibly frustrated with Savitt's questioning, calling his questions “definitionally complex” and that Savitt has told a “lie” when he says he's asking simple questions. Musk also lashes out at Altman. Savitt has displayed an email from 2018 in which Shivon Zillis,

• @lorak Lora Kolodny on bluesky

  Musk v. Altman trial continues.  We're in the court currently listening to William Savitt, lead counsel for OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, grilling Musk in a cross-examination... www.cnbc.com/2026/04/29/m...  (w/ Ashley Capoot, Kate Rooney & Jeffrey Kopp) @cnbc.com

• @donmoyn Don Moynihan on bluesky

  Its funny that Musk never once faced Congress to explain his takeover of the American government, but is happy to testify under oath if he can kneecap a fellow tech CEO.  Like, could Altman's lawyers ask a few DOGE questions?  —  www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...

• r/EnoughMuskSpam r on reddit

  Live Updates: Elon Musk Says He Was ‘a Fool’ to Fund OpenAI

• r/NewsOfTheStupid r on reddit

  WIRED: Elon Musk Testifies That He Started OpenAI to Prevent a ‘Terminator Outcome’

• @brbarrett Brian Barrett on bluesky

  The thing about suing someone is they can drag up old emails you sent and read them out loud in front of everybody which tbh sounds like a GREAT reason never to sue anybody ever at all. from @mzeff.bsky.social

• @karlbode.com Karl Bode on bluesky

  this court fight (and surrounding, mostly terrible journalism) is fascinating to me because neither of these two gentlemen care about anything outside of their own wealth and power  —  but that's buried under conflicting mythologies that they are both trying to build a better tom…