Microsoft boss to testify on his role in OpenAI's founding

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Oakland: The federal trial in Oakland, California, marks a pivotal moment for the artificial intelligence industry as Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella testifies in Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI.

Musk alleges that OpenAI betrayed its original nonprofit mission and misappropriated his $38 million in founding donations to create a for-profit entity now valued at over $850 billion. He seeks a court order to revert the company to its nonprofit status.

Evidence highlights internal shifts, including 2018 emails showing Microsoft only invested once a profit appeared possible. Microsoft’s total $13 billion investment has since surged to a value of $228 billion.

OpenAI counters that Musk’s claims are driven by his status as a direct competitor via xAI. With testimony exposing physical threats and calculating opportunism among founders, the final ruling by Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers could jeopardize OpenAI’s IPO and reshape the global AI race.