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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
National
Piyush Shukla

Hidden OpenAI secrets and billion-dollar AI stakes: Is Sam Altman’s Musk courtroom battle Big Tech’s biggest warning yet as the CEO takes the witness stand today?

The OpenAI Musk trial has entered one of its most dramatic phases as Silicon Valley braces for testimony from key figures shaping the future of artificial intelligence. Inside a California courtroom today, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is expected to take the witness stand in Elon Musk’s explosive lawsuit against OpenAI, a case that now feels bigger than a corporate dispute. The trial has become a public reckoning over the future of artificial intelligence, the meaning of ethical technology, and whether the world’s most powerful AI companies can still claim to serve humanity before profit.

The OpenAI Musk trial is unfolding in a federal court in Oakland, California, where allegations of broken trust, shifting missions, and billion-dollar investments are being examined in detail. At stake is not just the future of OpenAI but also the broader question of whether a nonprofit-origin AI company can legally transform into a profit-driven powerhouse without violating its founding principles. The OpenAI Musk trial is drawing global attention because it touches the heart of the modern AI race, where capital, ethics, and power collide.

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