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‘Stole a charity’: Elon Musk accuses Sam Altman of betrayal in courtroom showdown

2026-04-28 · AI (artificial intelligence) | The Guardian

Elon Musk and Sam Altman are finally having their epic tech billionaire divorce trial, with Musk accusing Altman of stealing a charity (OpenAI) and turning it into a for-profit cash machine. The courtroom showdown is the climax of years of increasingly petty feuding between two men who once dreamed of saving humanity from AI — and now can't stop suing each other over it.

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