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Elon Musk spent the better part of three dayson the witness standthis weekin his lawsuit against OpenAI, andit’salready getting messy. Emails, texts, andhis own tweetsare surfacing in court, and there are plenty more witnesses to come. Musk’s argument against OpenAI? By converting the company to a for-profit model, Sam Altman betrayed the “nonprofit for the benefit of humanity” mission Musk signed up to fund. As Musk keeps reminding the courtroom: “You can’t steal a charity.”
Watch as this episode of TechCrunch’sEquitypodcast discusses what’s actually at stake in the courtroom and what to watch for as Altman and others take the stand, plus deals, defense tech, and what Big Tech’s earnings week revealed about the limits of the AI spending era.
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Topics
Acquisitions, AI, ai infrastructure, Amazon, big tech earnings, Elon Musk, Google, Meta, Microsoft, military AI, OpenAI, sallie mae, sam altman, Scout AI, Startups
Theresa Loconsolo is an audio producer at TechCrunch focusing on Equity, the network’s flagship podcast. Before joining TechCrunch in 2022, she was one of 2 producers at a four-station conglomerate where she wrote, recorded, voiced and edited content, and engineered live performances and interviews from guests like lovelytheband. Theresa is based in New Jersey and holds a bachelors degree in Communication from Monmouth University.
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