I sacrificed everything for the good of humanity — starting with the Board of Directors. (AI illustration by Joe Dworetzky/Bay City News via ChatGPT)
(AI illustration by Joe Dworetzky/Bay City News via ChatGPT)

OAKLAND, CA., 5/13/26 — OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman took the stand Tuesday at the federal courthouse in Oakland in the third week of the trial of Elon Musk’s lawsuit against Altman, Greg Brockman, and OpenAI.

Musk claims that his fellow OpenAI co-founders, Altman and Brockman, betrayed the company’s charitable charter by operating it for profit and their own personal enrichment instead of being a nonprofit developed “for the good of humanity.” Musk contends that they “stole the charity.”

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