Musk Proposed Merging OpenAI Into Tesla, Altman Testifies

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testified in federal court that Elon Musk proposed folding OpenAI into Tesla, which would have dissolved the nonprofit's independence. Altman rejected Musk's claims that OpenAI and Microsoft misused charitable assets. The lawsuit, filed in 2024, alleges OpenAI strayed from its founding goal of building safe AI. Trial continues in Oakland with three weeks of testimony.