Musk Testifies He’s Suing OpenAI to Stop Altman’s ‘Looting’ (2)

Elon Musk testified Tuesday he’s suing OpenAI and two of its co-founders — Sam Altman and Greg Brockman — because the startup’s pivot from a charity to a for-profit business is wrong and sets a concerning precedent for other philanthropic efforts.

“It is not okay to steal a charity, that’s my view,” Musk told jurors at the outset of a trial in federal court in Oakland, California.

The closely watched trial is the culmination of years of animosity and public feuding over the startup the three men worked together to found in 2015, before their relationship soured and they became ...