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摘要: In a trial pitting him against Elon Musk, nobody has more to lose than OpenAI CEO Sam Altman

In a trial featuring a clash between Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, neither of the tech titans has e...

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In a trial pitting him against Elon Musk, nobody has more to lose than OpenAI CEO Sam Altman

In a trial featuring a clash between Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, neither of the tech titans has emerged as an overly sympathetic character

BARBARA ORTUTAY AND MATT O'BRIEN AP technology writers

May 11, 2026, 8:34 PM

OAKLAND, Calif. --

featuring a clash between Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, neither of the tech titans has emerged as an overly sympathetic character. But nobody has more to lose than Altman, who is expected to take the stand this week to defend himself.

Already, testimony about Altman's turbulent tenure at the ChatGPT maker has become prime fodder for internet jokes. One piece of evidence that has inspired countless memes was a text exchange between Altman and a company officer, Mira Murati, in 2023 during his short-lived

ouster as CEO

, when Altman asked if things were moving “directionally good or bad” and she wrote back: "Sam this is very bad."

Musk, the world's richest man, is seeking Altman's second ouster from the company leadership as part of a civil lawsuit accusing him of betraying their shared vision for

. Since its start as a nonprofit funded primarily by Musk, Open AI has

evolved into a capitalistic venture

now valued at $852 billion.

Even if Musk loses,

the trial

has invited further scrutiny of Altman’s leadership at a pivotal time for the company and its competition with Musk’s own AI firm and another rival, Anthropic, formed by a group of seven ex-OpenAI leaders. All three firms are moving toward planned initial public offerings that are expected to be some of the largest ever.

A jury that’s already heard about Altman’s character from a parade of his former allies and adversaries will ultimately decide the verdict. But the repercussions could reverberate widely.

“This is not looking good for any of them and I think that that’s a little bit unfortunate for the AI industry at a time when the p

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