A month-long federal trial begins in Oakland, California between Elon Musk and OpenAI, the AI company he co-founded with Sam Altman in 2015 as a non-profit to ensure artificial general intelligence benefits humanity. Musk claims Altman swindled him out of approximately $40 million and betrayed OpenAI's original mission by transitioning to a for-profit structure focused on maximizing profits for Microsoft, now valued at $157 billion and approaching an $850 billion public listing after ChatGPT's explosive 2022 launch. Musk seeks billions in wrongful gains and Altman's removal, while OpenAI counters that Musk is motivated by jealousy and regret after leaving in 2018 following a power struggle, and is trying to derail a key competitor to his own lagging AI startup xAI. A nine-person jury will hear testimony from both tech billionaires, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, and former OpenAI scientists.
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