On April 28th, according to The Business InsiderMuskWith OpenAI CEO UltramanThe inter-century rivalry will take place this Monday at the Federal Court of Auckland, California. The civil suit was for $13.4 billion and the jury selection process was initiated yesterday。
Mask claims that the $38 million in seed money he injected into OpenAI in the early years was intended to support a non-profit institution with a public interest mission, but that Ottmann eventually abandoned his commitment。
Otmann countered that OpenAI had never made such a restrictive commitment and that the company still maintained the legal status of non-profit institutions. Mask not only sought substantial compensation, but also demanded that Ottman be expelled from the OpenAI Board and CEO positions。
Both parties will be questioned at the witness stand for at least six hours. The appearance of witnesses at the trial is also of concern:
MICROSOFT CEO SATYA NADRA WILL BE PRESENT FOR HALF A DAY TO TESTIFY ON THE SIX-YEAR-LONG PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES
The OpenAI co-founder, Greg Brokman, will appear in court for about five hours, and his personal diary will be focused -- He wrote "This is our only chance to get out of Elon" on the eve of his departure in 2018 in Mask, and there is another entry that says "stolen" would be "moral bankruptcy"
The co-founder, Ilya Sutzkwire, will testify on the Ottman side, who briefly dismissed him in 2023 in 2023, then quickly co-sponsored his reinstatement, and last October ' s pre-trial testimony showed that he had not spoken to him for over a year。
Presiding Judge Yvon González Rogers was known for her iron wrists, and she made it clear thatThere is no privilege for billionaires in courtIn the last few days, it has been reported that the statement by Mask that XAI has suffered “irreparable damage” was “exalted”。
However, last March, she also ruled that Mask's core claim was of trial value and that it was “hard to predict”。