The first round of Elon Musk vs Sam Altman has come to a close, with the jury deciding that thanks to the statute of limitations Musk's case was invalid. Musk has already announced his intention to appeal, with neither the judge or jury having made any findings about the substance of his allegations against Altman: the main thrust being that Musk was deceived into backing OpenAI as a not-for-profit company, before Altman and co. turned around several years later and made it very much for-profit.
The trial saw a whole bunch of documents released, and I've read them all (OK, I might have skimmed some of the business registration ones: have you seen the length of those things?) And I hate to say it, because Musk is such a douchebag that this whole article could just be a list of reasons why he's a douchebag, but he really does seem to have a point.
The picture that emerges from these exchanges shows Musk's early enthusiasm for OpenAI and the not-for-profit principles that initially defined the company, a lot of which comes down to his (sometimes histrionic) fears about AGI and in par...
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