politics
May 2, 2026
The craziest part of Musk v. Altman happened while the jury was out of the room
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TL;DR
- Jared Birchall, Musk's money manager, testified about a $97.4 billion bid from a Musk-led coalition (xAI) for OpenAI's assets.
- Birchall stated Sam Altman was on "both sides of the table" during negotiations for the bid.
- The bid was reportedly made to ensure proper value was given to OpenAI's nonprofit assets during a restructuring.
- OpenAI's lawyers objected to Birchall's testimony, and the judge questioned his recollection extensively.
- It was revealed that a note was passed to Birchall during testimony, prompting further scrutiny and questioning by the judge.
- The judge is considering the consequences of this testimony and the note-passing incident.
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