Greg Brockman’s Rough Day

Monday was Greg Brockman's turn to get grilled, as Elon Musk's lawyer relentlessly questioned the OpenAI co-founder and president about his financial stake in the AI giant and companies it does business with.

Brockman took the stand to start the second week of courtroom proceedings in Musk’s lawsuit alleging breach of charitable trust and unjust enrichment at OpenAI. Musk’s lawyer, Steven Molo, began by confirming that Brockman’s ownership in OpenAI is worth close to $30 billion, then repeatedly used that to suggest that the executive was motivated by greed rather than OpenAI’s stated mission of ensuring that advanced AI benefits humanity.

Molo pulled up excerpts from Brockman’s digital journal, including a passage where Brockman contemplated different paths for OpenAI, writing, “financially what will take me to $1B?” Musk’s side is arguing that this personal wealth is at odds with OpenAI’s founding documents, which said it was “not organized for the private gain of any person.”