During a high‑stakes trial, OpenAI President Greg Brockman was compelled to read personal journal entries spanning 2015 to 2023. Prosecutors used the passages to suggest Brockman prioritized profit over the nonprofit’s mission, while the defense argued the entries reveal his genuine commitment to OpenAI’s goals. The exchange highlighted the clash between Elon Musk’s push for a for‑profit arm and the company’s original nonprofit vision. Read more →

Elon Musk sent a hostile message to OpenAI President Greg Brockman two days before the start of his lawsuit trial, warning that Musk and Sam Altman would become "the most hated men in America" if settlement talks failed. The lawsuit alleges OpenAI abandoned its nonprofit mission under Altman's leadership. OpenAI rejected Musk’s settlement offer, and the case proceeded with Musk testifying. Brockman may be allowed to testify about the message, potentially exposing Musk’s motives and adding a new twist to the high‑stakes courtroom battle. Read more →

OpenAI president Greg Brockman took the stand in Elon Musk's lawsuit against the artificial‑intelligence firm, offering a mix of detailed answers and evasive remarks that underscored the dispute over the company's shift to a for‑profit model. Cross‑examined by Musk's lawyer Steven Molo, Brockman referenced a $10 billion Microsoft investment, defended the corporate restructuring, and faced probing questions about his personal journal entries that suggest profit motives dating back to 2017. Read more →

Greg Brockman, OpenAI co‑founder and chief technology officer, testified Tuesday in Elon Musk's lawsuit against the artificial‑intelligence lab. During cross‑examination and direct examination, Brockman detailed early meetings with Sam Altman, described the $10 billion Microsoft investment as the only ten‑billion‑dollar infusion, and disclosed financial ties to Cerebras, Stripe, CoreWeave and Altman's family office. His answers, filled with precise language and frequent clarifications, have become the trial's most substantive evidence of internal decision‑making and potential conflicts of interest. Read more →

Two days before jury selection in the high‑stakes lawsuit over OpenAI’s nonprofit‑to‑for‑profit conversion, Elon Musk texted Greg Brockman proposing a settlement. Brockman countered with a proposal to drop individual claims, and Musk responded by threatening to make Brockman and Sam Altman “the most hated men in America.” The exchange, deemed inadmissible, underscores the fraught dynamics of a trial that could reshape the governance of AI research firms. Brockman’s personal journals, cited by the judge, now sit at the center of the courtroom drama. Read more →

Two days before the high‑profile trial between Elon Musk and OpenAI began, the billionaire sent a series of texts to the AI lab’s president, Greg Brockman, urging a settlement and then threatening to make the executives “the most hated men in America.” A filing by OpenAI’s lawyers sought to admit the exchange as evidence, but a federal judge barred it, deeming the messages inadmissible. The ruling comes as Musk’s lawsuit seeks to dismantle OpenAI’s for‑profit structure, force public release of its technology, and strip Microsoft’s licensing deal, while OpenAI counters that the suit is a money grab. Read more →

OpenAI president Greg Brockman told attendees at Sequoia Capital’s AI Ascent 2026 conference that artificial intelligence now writes roughly 80 percent of the firm’s code. Brockman qualified the number, noting it’s hard to pinpoint the exact share that isn’t AI‑generated. The remark adds to a growing chorus of AI lab leaders citing high productivity numbers, while independent studies question whether such claims translate into measurable gains for software engineering teams. Read more →

Elon Musk took the stand Wednesday in a federal jury trial in California, accusing OpenAI co-founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman of breaching the nonprofit's charter and enriching themselves at the expense of its mission. The lawsuit, which also names Microsoft and OpenAI as defendants, alleges fraud, unjust enrichment and a illegal shift to a for‑profit structure. Witnesses slated to appear include Microsoft chief Satya Nadella, CTO Kevin Scott and former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, now heading Thinking Machines Lab. Musk seeks a court order to strip Altman and Brockman of authority and unwind OpenAI’s for‑profit conversion. Read more →