OpenAI president’s ‘deeply personal’ diary becomes focus in Musk’s case against Altman

Greg Brockman has faced questions about his emails, texts and writings in his personal diary in second week of the trial

As https://www.theguardian.com/technology/elon-musk">Elon Musk’s case against https://www.theguardian.com/technology/openai">OpenAI entered its second week, focus shifted to the company’s president, Greg Brockman.

Over the course of several hours on Monday and Tuesday, Brockman faced questions about his emails, texts and one piece of evidence that has become central to the trial: his personal diary.

Musk’s lawsuit revolves around his allegation that Brockman, OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, violated the founding agreement of the artificial intelligence firm by turning it into a for-profit entity.

Musk argues that Altman and Brockman also unjustly enriched themselves in the process, essentially taking Musk’s money while deceiving him about their true intent for the business.

He is seeking Altman and Brockman’s removal, the undoing of the for-profit restructuring and $134bn, which Musk wants distributed to OpenAI’s non-profit.