'I thought he was going to hit me' OpenAI co-founder says of Musk
Greg Brockman, OpenAI president, described a heated meeting in 2017 with Elon Musk in Oakland federal court, saying "I actually thought he was going to hit me." This occurred when Brockman rejected a proposal to give Musk more say in the company. The meeting ended shortly thereafter, with Musk announcing he would start withholding funding from OpenAI, which he had backed since its launch in 2015.
Brockman's testimony occurred during the second week of a month-long trial between Musk and OpenAI's chief executive, Sam Altman. Before Musk decided to exit OpenAI, Brockman described his attempts to gain more control over the company, including "buttering up" Brockman and another co-founder, Ilya Sutskever. Lawyers for OpenAI showed text messages from August 2017 between Sutskever and Brockman that said: "Will a model 3 make you be willing to accept massively unfavourable terms?" Brockman testified that Shivon Zilis informed him she had had twins, but that he only found out later from public reports that Musk was the father.
Brockman's appearance in court is expected to be followed by former OpenAI board member Shivon Zilis. Zilis left the board in March 2023 as Musk was launching xAI.
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OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman testified about a tense 2017 meeting with Elon Musk regarding control of the AI company. The revelation hints at deeper conflicts surrounding OpenAI's direction and Musk's involvement- but what really went down?
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