In a high‑stakes courtroom showdown, Elon Musk’s legal team called UC Berkeley professor Stuart Russell to testify that artificial intelligence poses serious safety threats. Russell, a longtime AI researcher and signatory of a 2023 open letter urging a six‑month research pause, warned jurors and Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers about cybersecurity vulnerabilities, misalignment risks, and the winner‑take‑all dynamics of a race toward artificial general intelligence. OpenAI’s attorneys pushed back, limiting his remarks and emphasizing that Russell was not evaluating the company’s internal safety policies. The testimony underscored a broader debate over profit‑driven AI development and the need for tighter regulation. Read more →