Altman said — and evidence in the direct showed — that Altman had made sure Musk knew about Microsoft. “I would often have to remind Musk of things, but this one I assumed we had talked about enough times that he would remember,” Altman says. Of Musk’s attitude toward OpenAI, he says, “we were kind of left for dead.”
And that Musk hasn’t sued any of them. Softbank’s investment is bigger — so is Nvidia’s and so is Amazon’s. That’s all from Microsoft.
In response, Altman texted, “I agree this feels bad — we offered you equity when we established the cap profit, which you didn’t want at the time but we are still very happy to do any time you like.” Molo tries to ask if this is a bribe — if Altman is trying to say that if Musk lets him get away with stealing from a charity, he’ll split the loot. Savitt objects, YGR sustains.
Granted we’d all be dead as a result because who can keep up with this but... Drink every time:
Molo says, isn’t he saying you stole a charity? Altman looks confused. “No?”
It’s funny that he’s on the team alleging money overrode ethics, because, well, I guess it takes one to know one? Throughout the case, we’ve seen a number of own goals from the Musk team. This morning, when the Musk team was requesting to ask questions about safety concerns with AI, YGR snapped, “What else do you think you want to do? Because you do not want to be held in contempt I guarantee you.” She’s tough with lawyers as a general rule, but woof.
Y’all I am so sick of this. We are literally litigating a week in 2023.
Molo is asking about a series of terms on the Microsoft deal that were developed post 2020. None of them are on the 2018 term sheet because they hadn’t been negotiated yet. Fascinating stuff from Molo — is this really the best use of his time?
While Musk was ready to get into a fight over anything and everything, Altman has rather mildly answered every insulting question Molo has asked him. Molo has just accused Altman of lying on his direct examination about Musk trying to tuck OpenAI into Tesla. In his deposition, Altman says he’s not sure one way or the other about that and then asks to scroll to the top of the deposition for context. Molo says no. A juror smiles. I expect I know what we’re going to see on the redirect.
OpenAI’s lawyers have objected to the question, which is about the New Yorker article which “basically calls you dishonest,” Molo says. YGR would like us to move on from all the people who have called Altman a liar. It’s been more than 10 minutes of this. I think everyone got the point.