Musk, Altman Management Styles Under Fire at OpenAI Trial (1)

Elon Musk and Sam Altman both took a beating over their leadership styles in court testimony this week as a jury waded further into their OpenAI feud.

As people who worked closely with the two men over the startup’s tumultuous 11-year history took turns under oath on the witness stand, jurors heard that Musk lacked technical competency to oversee the development of artificial intelligence — and had a hot temper to boot.

Altman, meanwhile, came under fire by former OpenAI board members over for perceived deficiencies in honesty and integrity.

These are not new criticisms of two of the world’s ...