Elon Musk to Return to Stand in OpenAI Trial
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In his second day on the stand in the trial he launched against OpenAI, Elon Musk said the AI start-up he'd helped found had strayed from its charitable mission.
Musk’s king status at the head of the company is the result of some finagling within SpaceX’s filings. Per Reuters, the company’s documents state that Musk “can only be removed from our board or these positions by the vote of Class B holders.” Those are shares that have ten votes apiece, and they’re reportedly currently controlled by Musk.
This trial will offer the clearest glimpse into an elite circle whose bickering is shaping the most expensive infrastructure buildout in human history in the name of a technology that could upend the labor market, spell the end of education as we know it, and reshape the geopolitical order. That is, as long as the microphones keep working.
Trucking fleets are buying Tesla’s lower-cost, higher-range electric big rig — and boosting the state’s climate goals.