Musk vs Altman: AI Trial Shakes Up Tech World

0:00It's April 29. You're listening to Global News today, AI-powered global coverage. Elon Musk just took the stand in a major trial against his old buddy Sam Altman, an open AI, a case that could shake up the whole AI world. As Tesla's boss and a co-founder of OpenAI, Musk says Altman and co-founder Greg Brockman betrayed the company's original non-profit mission to develop. AI safely for humanity. The trial kicked off in Oakland with a nine-person jury pick Monday, set to run three weeks. Musk kept its simple in court, calling it straight up stealing a charity. His lawyers argue OpenAI ditched its open source roots after teaming with Microsoft, turning into a four-profit giant now worth $852 billion. Musk wants big damages, and Altman kicked off the board. OpenAI fires back that it's all sour grapes. Musk's mad he couldn't control the company or merger with Tesla, and now he's pushing his rival XAI, launched last year.

1:00They say Musk bullied early members with funding promises and wanted over 50% ownership. On the stand, Musk explained his non-stop grind, working 80-100 hours a week with no vacations. He traced OpenAI's start back to 2015, when he and Altman bonded over building safer AI to counter Google's dominance. No, counterbalance back then. Musk was just heating up, with Musk back Wednesday, Altman and Microsoft's CEO, Satya Nadella, up next. Whatever the jury decides, it's got eyes on how AI stays open or goes all corporate.