Under oath and in front of a jury, Musk said what most CEOs only whisper in private.

Elon Musk's courtroom showdown with Sam Altman got underway here Monday with the start of jury selection in a trial over the billionaire's accusation that his OpenAI co-founders betrayed a non-profit mission to build artificial intelligence for the good of humanity and not for the money.

Elon Musk, who split from OpenAI years after cofounding it as a nonprofit in 2015, said it was putting commercial interests over the public’s. A company lawyer said Mr. Musk had sued because he did not get his way.

Elon Musk acknowledged in court that xAI has partly relied on OpenAI models, bringing renewed focus to the controversial practice of AI model distillation.

Elon Musk described the country’s ownership rules as “openly racist” and alleged that officials had suggested workarounds he refused to accept.

Sridhar Vembu has pushed back against Elon Musk’s “Universal High Income” proposal, calling it dystopian and arguing that AI will not eliminate the need for meaningful human work.

An old Elon Musk email to Tesla managers has gone viral again, revealing a strict three-step rule on how to respond to his instructions. The message has sparked a fresh debate over whether speed-driven leadership builds efficiency or pressure.

Elon Musk posted almost daily about race on X in recent months, a Washington Post analysis found, at times sharing views experts said echoed white supremacy.