Musk v. Altman week 2: OpenAI fires back, and Shivon Zilis reveals that Musk tried to poach Sam Altman
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This article covers week two of a lawsuit where Elon Musk is suing OpenAI and its leaders, claiming they broke promises to keep the company as a nonprofit dedicated to safe AI development. OpenAI's president Greg Brockman countered that Musk actually pushed for the company to become for-profit and wanted majority control, and that Musk is suing because he left the company in 2018 and now sees it as a competitor to his own AI company, xAI (an artificial intelligence system). Musk is seeking $134 billion in damages and wants to remove the current leadership and undo OpenAI's recent restructuring.
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Original source: https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/08/1137008/musk-v-altman-week-2-openai-fires-back-and-shivon-zilis-reveals-that-musk-tried-to-poach-sam-altman/
First tracked: May 9, 2026 at 02:00 AM
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