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Sam Altman testifies in Elon Musk trial
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Sam Altman testified in a California federal trial brought by Elon Musk against OpenAI, describing how Musk's management style and desire for control caused damage to the startup's culture. Altman said Musk proposed handing OpenAI to his children and demanded aggressive staff cuts that were incompatible with running a research lab.
- Musk invested up to $38 million in OpenAI's early days before stepping away and founding competitor xAI
- Altman testified Musk wanted to hand OpenAI to his children, conflicting with the company's mission to keep advanced AI out of single-person control
- Musk required OpenAI president Greg Brockman and chief scientist Ilya Sutskever to rank researchers and "take a chainsaw through a bunch," Altman said
- Altman stated Musk's management approach caused "huge damage" to OpenAI's culture and was incompatible with running a good research lab
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