{"id":213844,"date":"2026-05-14T10:13:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T14:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/14\/testimony-wraps-in-liability-phase-of-musk-vs-altman-trial-nbc-bay-area\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T11:00:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T15:00:22","slug":"testimony-wraps-in-liability-phase-of-musk-vs-altman-trial-nbc-bay-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/14\/testimony-wraps-in-liability-phase-of-musk-vs-altman-trial-nbc-bay-area\/","title":{"rendered":"Testimony wraps in liability phase of Musk vs. Altman trial \u2013 NBC Bay Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcbayarea.com\/news\/local\/testimony-closes-liability-phase-musk-vs-altman-trial\/4084688\/\">Testimony wraps in liability phase of Musk vs. Altman trial \u2013 NBC Bay Area<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcbayarea.com\/news\/local\/testimony-closes-liability-phase-musk-vs-altman-trial\/4084688\/\">https:\/\/www.nbcbayarea.com\/news\/local\/testimony-closes-liability-phase-musk-vs-altman-trial\/4084688\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-14 10:13:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.nbcbayarea.com\">www.nbcbayarea.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sure, here are four key points from the article regarding Elon Musk&#8217;s lawsuit against OpenAI and its leaders:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Legal Framework and Phases of the Trial:<\/strong> The trial is split into two distinct phases. In the first phase, an advisory jury is determining whether Musk\u2019s claims that OpenAI, Altman, and Brockman have breached a charitable trust and were unjustly enriched find merit. In the second phase, the judge will, independently, determine if damages should be imposed, regardless of the jury\u2019s advice. Musk has requested substantial monetary and non-monetary relief, including the removal of key leaders at the company.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Allegations vs. Defense:<\/strong> Musk claims that OpenAI, under Altman\u2019s and Brockman\u2019s leadership, shifted focus from its original charitable mission to enrich insiders and Microsoft, whereas OpenAI\u2019s witnesses defended its governance practices and highlighted the common practice of nonprofits owning for-profit arms. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Notable Witnesses:<\/strong> The testimony included Musk\u2019s former board member Joshua Achiam, who humorously detailed an incident where Musk called him a \u201cjackass\u201d for voicing safety concerns about race to develop artificial general intelligence. Achiam also testified robustly on behalf of OpenAI\u2019s mission and commitment to safety. Microsoft&#8217;s representatives provided testimony emphasizing their due-diligence processes before investing.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Trial Dynamics:<\/strong> The trial is tightly managed in terms of time, with strict guidelines laid out by Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers. The proceedings have involved a mix of contentious exchanges and lighter moments, such as Achiam\u2019s &#8220;jackass&#8221; trophy humorously reflecting a clash with Musk over AI safety.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These points encapsulate both the serious accusations and the defensive measures taken during the ongoing trial.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Testimony wraps in liability phase of Musk vs. Altman trial \u2013 NBC Bay Area https:\/\/www.nbcbayarea.com\/news\/local\/testimony-closes-liability-phase-musk-vs-altman-trial\/4084688\/&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":213845,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.nbcbayarea.com\/2025\/04\/107399197-1712754405821-gettyimages-2087343447-AA_19032024_1586598.jpeg?quality=85&strip=all&resize=1200%2C675","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[22],"class_list":["post-213844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-general-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213844"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213844"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":213846,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213844\/revisions\/213846"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}