Musk v. Altman: when asked whether xAI has ever distilled tech from OpenAI, Elon Musk says the claim is “partly” true
On his third day of testimony, Elon Musk is being cross-examined by lawyers from OpenAI and Microsoft. His answers on the stand grew testy on Wednesday.
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Discussion
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@kelseytuoc
Kelsey Piper
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I think OpenAI did basically betray its commitments to its early investors but it's so absurd to have Musk being the one suing when he 1) didn't seem to care until it affected him personally and 2) is now running a fully for-profit competitor.
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@alexeheath
Alex Heath
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wild thing to say under oath
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@mtslive
@mtslive
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LIVE TRIAL UPDATE: OpenAI's counsel asked Musk whether xAI has ever “distilled” technology from OpenAI. Musk: “Generally AI companies distill other AI companies.” “Is that a yes?” Savitt asked. Musk: “Partly.”
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@mikeisaac
Rat King
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it is quite significant that Musk admitted on the stand that xAI is distilling OpenAI models to train xAI, and that it is using OpenAI's technology to build xAI!
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@mikeisaac
Rat King
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Musk also affirms xAI has used OpenAI technology to improve xAI. wowie woo
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@mikeisaac
Rat King
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Musk says it's “partly” true that xAI has distilled OpenAI models to train xAI.
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@zeffmax
Max Zeff
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Musk also told a Neuralink exec they could hire directly from OpenAI, and pitch people who work there to come to Neuralink. On the witness stand, Musk tried to argue it would be illegal for his companies not to hire people from OpenAI. Musk also said Andrej wanted to leave [image…
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@zeffmax
Max Zeff
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New: Musk was cross-examined by OpenAI's lawyers in federal court today. They pressed him on all the ways he squeezed OpenAI over a power struggle in 2017, including by hiring away talent and cutting off funding. Here's an email Musk sent about hiring Andrej Karpathy. [image]
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@zeffmax
Max Zeff
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Musk had also been sending $5 million quarterly payments to OpenAI as part of a larger $1 billion funding commitment he made at the org's launch. Around this time, he instructed the head of his family office, Jared Birchall, to stop paying them. Musk said this was because he [ima…
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@brbarrett
Brian Barrett
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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