About this episode
The episode explores the legal battle between Elon Musk and Sam Altman over the founding principles of OpenAI.
Jurors and journalists are getting a peek into the world of OpenAI and its founding as two of the richest, most powerful men in tech duke it out in an Oakland federal courthouse. Elon Musk claims that Sam Altman and other co-founders of OpenAI abandoned their founding promise to develop AI for the benefit of humanity. But does anyone here really have our best interests at heart? KQED’s Rachael Myrow takes us inside. Links: How to Unscramble an Omelet in Silicon Valley: The Musk v. Altman Trial That Will Try Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
People in this episode
Host: Rachael Myrow
Topics covered
- OpenAI
- Elon Musk
- Sam Altman
- AI ethics
- court case
- technology
Keywords
- Elon Musk
- Sam Altman
- OpenAI
- AI
- court case
- technology ethics
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Organizations: OpenAI
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