In OpenAI trial, Elon Musk points to meetings with Barack Obama and Larry Page as proof he's serious about AI risks
Elon Musk testified in his $100 billion lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman, arguing he co-founded the company to prioritize AI safety and the public good, not profit. He cited meetings with Barack Obama and Larry Page to underscore his long-standing concern about AI risks. Musk claimed OpenAI betrayed its nonprofit mission by aligning closely with Microsoft and shifting to a for-profit model. He also accused Altman and Brockman of deception and seeks to dismantle OpenAI's current corporate structure.
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Elon Musk dropped some big names on Tuesday as he sought to convince an Oakland federal jury that he is serious about AI safety. Loading audio narration... He told the nine-person jury that he had a one-on-one meeting with former President Barack Obama in 2015. Instead of asking for favors for his company, he "spent an hour" warning Obama about the dangers of AI, which he said "no one was really using" at the time.Musk also testified that Larry Page called him a "speciest" for being "pro-humanity" over AI in 2015, when Page was Google's CEO.
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