• Former OpenAI Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever testified in court that his ownership stake in OpenAI is worth about $7 billion, as part of the legal battle between Elon Musk and OpenAI.
  • The trial could determine the future of OpenAI, which has been raising billions for computing power ahead of a potential trillion-dollar IPO.
  • Musk seeks fundamental governance changes and $150 billion in damages from OpenAI and Microsoft.
  • Sutskever said he had been considering removing co-founder Sam Altman as CEO for at least a year before the November 2023 board vote.
  • Altman’s conduct, including undermining executives, was ’not conducive to any grand goal’ including safe AGI, Sutskever stated.
  • Sutskever played a key role in Altman’s firing and rehiring in November 2023 and later launched AI startup Safe Superintelligence.
  • Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella testified earlier, characterizing the investment in OpenAI as a ‘calculated risk’.

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