Cambridge, UK: In a courtroom in Oakland, two of the most powerful men in tech have been fighting since Tuesday over a question that is not just legal but civilisational: who owns AI's future?
Elon Musk's case against Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, OpenAI and Microsoft is about a breach of mission, corporate structure and an alleged betrayal of OpenAI's founding purpose. Musk says OpenAI was created as a non-profit to build AI for the benefit of humanity, not to become a profit-driven giant. OpenAI's defence is equally convincing: Musk wanted control, failed to get it, left, built a rival company in xAI, and is now using the courtroom to fight a commercial and personal battle.
