Filing: Elon Musk texted Greg Brockman about settling days before trial; after being denied, he said Brockman and Altman “will be the most hated men in America”

Two days before Elon Musk's multi-billion-dollar lawsuit against OpenAI was slated to head to trial …

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@cristinaibalan Cristina Balan on x
Musk cares soooooo much about “humanity” or AI THAT he was willing to settle and forget about “humanity” well being 🤪 [image]
@fredlambert Fred Lambert on x
The delusion is strong with Musk these days.
@jimstewartson @jimstewartson on x
This threat about “the most hated men in America” is not about the trial; it's about Musk's ability to abuse this website to pay mouthpieces to shill for him. It's about Katie Miller being his public defense attorney, etc. Musk's whole game is psychological influence operations.
@benhylak Ben Hylak on x
i think elon musk underestimates how much he is hated. i saw a “i bought this before elon went crazy” sticker on a honda fit yesterday
@zeffmax Max Zeff on x
The judge in this case denied submitting this text as evidence to the jury. She says the plaintiffs should have submitted it during Elon's testimony, where he could have responded. The public has seen it already tho, so, mission accomplished for OAI on the comms battle.
@rapbastardz @rapbastardz on bluesky
I don't think anyone is going to knock Trump and Musk off of those positions any time soon, but good luck.
@radicalcompliance Matt Kelly on bluesky
Well that's going to be a brutal horserace. [embedded post]
@sawyermerritt Sawyer Merritt on x
FYI: Starting tomorrow (Monday, May 4th), live audio of the Elon Musk v. Sam Altman/OpenAI trial will be live-streamed on the official YouTube channel for the US District Court for the Northern District of California. The livestream will be available to the public while court is …
NewsMax.com James Hirsen on x
Musk v. Altman: Transforming Charity to Business Lacks Integrity
r/InterstellarKinetics r on reddit
BREAKING: Two Days Before Trial, Musk Texted OpenAI's Brockman About a Settlement. When Brockman Said Drop All Claims, Musk Replied …
@mikeisaac Rat King on x
i have no opinion on this guy or his work and also 200 grand for effectively saying “ai is gonna kill us all” makes me feel like i made some bad life choices in my studies
@krishnanrohit Rohit on x
AI will create new white collar jobs they said
@gerritd Gerrit De Vynck on x
Musk hired the longtime AI safety researcher and futurist Stuart Russell as an expert witness for the lawsuit against Altman and OpenAI. Russell says his rate is $5,000 an hour and that he spent more than 40 hours preparing for the case. That's $200,000
@michelletomkim Michelle Kim on x
Stuart Russell, a computer scientist at UC Berkeley, takes the stand to testify, direct-examine by Elon Musk's lawyer Steven Molo. He says that the current AI race has a “winner take all” dynamic, in which “whichever company develops AGI first (AI that matches or exceeds human

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Filing: Elon Musk texted Greg Brockman about settling days before trial; after being denied, he said Brockman and Altman “will be the most hated men in America”

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