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Live updates from Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s court battle over the future of OpenAI
Tech Updated Today, May 11, 2026, 8:32 PM UTC Live updates from Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s court battle over the future of OpenAI by Elizabeth Lopatto and Hayden Field Link Share RSS Gift Sam Altman and Elon Musk are facing off in a high-stakes trial that could alter the future of OpenAI and its most well-known product, ChatGPT . In 2024, Musk filed a lawsuit accusing OpenAI of abandoning its founding mission of developing AI to benefit humanity and shifting focus to boosting profits instead. Elon Musk, his financial manager and Neuralink CEO, Jared Birchall, and OpenAI cofounder Greg Brockman have already testified before the jury. Shivon Zilis , a former OpenAI board member who shares four children with Musk, took the stand on Wednesday, and the courtroom also watched former OpenAI CTO Mura Murati’s videotaped deposition . Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is set to appear today, with OpenAI cofounder and former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever lined up to testify after that. Musk was a cofounder of OpenAI and claims that Altman and Brockman tricked him into giving the company money, only to turn their backs on their original goal. However, OpenAI says that “This lawsuit has always been a baseless and jealous bid to derail a competitor” in a bid to boost Musk’s own SpaceX / xAI / X companies that have launched Grok as a competitor to ChatGPT. In his lawsuit, Musk is asking for the removal of Altman and Brockman , and for OpenAI to stop operating as a public benefit corporation. Musk has also demanded that OpenAI’s nonprofit receive up to $150 billion in damages he’s asking for if he wins the case. People to Know Plaintiff Elon Musk — plaintiff, OpenAI cofounder and now CEO of rival xAI Steven Molo — lead counsel for plaintiff Jared Birchall — manager of Musk’s family office Shivon Zilis — former OpenAI board member who shares multiple children with Musk Defendant Sam Altman — defendant, CEO of OpenAI William Savitt — lead counsel for defendant Greg Brockman — president of OpenAI as well as a cofounder Ilya Sutskever — former chief scientist at OpenAI and a cofounder Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers — aka YGR, trial judge Here’s all the latest on the trial between Musk and Altman: Highlights Musk’s biggest loyalist became his biggest liability Mira Murati tells the court that she couldn’t trust Sam Altman’s words Google’s AI architect lived rent-free in Elon Musk’s head OpenAI’s president does ‘all the things,’ except answer a question Elon Musk’s worst enemy in court is Elon Musk Elon Musk appeared more petty than prepared Musk vs. Altman is here, and it’s going to get messy Elon Musk is about to be a very busy boy! ‘Sideshow’ concerns and billionaire dreams: What I learned from Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI Inside Elon Musk’s messy breakup with OpenAI Today, An hour ago Elizabeth Lopatto Bret Taylor has been asked to slow down twice. He has not managed to do this at all. He is speaking rapidly, in a monotone. Today, An hour ago Elizabeth Lopatto “OpenAI is decidedly not profitable,” Taylor said. “We’re decidedly not cash-flow-positive today.” The company has not generated any profits to date. Today, Two hours ago Elizabeth Lopatto There’s “a lot of tension” between LLMs and what Taylor calls “content companies”... Because LLMs keep stealing people’s work, lol. Anyway he was talking about the OpenAI deal with Reddit, which was done to avoid litigation. Today, Two hours ago Elizabeth Lopatto Plantiff rests. OpenAI calls its first witness, Bret Taylor of OpenAI Foundation. He is in a gray suit and gray tie. I am expecting more pleated khaki pants testimony. He was also the chair of Twitter’s board when it was acquired by Musk. Today, Two hours ago Elizabeth Lopatto Ilya Sutskever says he was uncomfortable with Musk’s large ownership demand. Also, Musk gave no guarantee his proposed control of the board would diminish over time. “I found it to be aggressive because I knew that Mr Musk had many other obligations in many other companies that the was running that were much larger than OpenAI,” he said. He also didn’t like the proposal that Tesla take over OpenAI. “It would be on some level, it would be like, it would kill a dream,” he said. “When one starts a company, one has dreams for a company to flourish and do different things, and in general being absorbed into another company means to give up that dream.” Today, Two hours ago Elizabeth Lopatto Sutskever’s testimony is kind of a snooze so far. We are now at “the blip” again. The board chose “not consistently candid” carefully, he says. Sutskever said he prepared a document of incidents with Altman, with some other people at OpenAI. Altman has a pattern of lying and pitting executives against each other, “this leads to tremendous loss of productivity,” trust, and difficulty creating safe AGI. Today, 6:41 PM UTC Elizabeth Lopatto Satya Nadella is excused. Our next witness is Ilya Sutskever. This promises to be more interesting, I think. Today, 6:35 PM UTC Elizabet
- In 2024, Musk filed a lawsuit accusing OpenAI of abandoning its founding mission of developing AI to benefit humanity and shifting focus to boosting profits instead.
- Elon Musk, his financial manager and Neuralink CEO, Jared Birchall, and OpenAI cofounder Greg Brockman have already testified before the jury.
- Shivon Zilis , a former OpenAI board member who shares four children with Musk, took the stand on Wednesday, and the courtroom also watched former OpenAI CTO Mura Murati’s videotaped deposition .
- Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is set to appear today, with OpenAI cofounder and former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever lined up to testify after that.
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