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OpenAI trial: Mother of Musk's children says he offered Altman a Tesla board seat
Shivon Zilis, a former OpenAI board member who has four children with Musk, testified that the Tesla CEO wanted the AI startup to join his EV company.
TL;DR
- Shivon Zilis, who has four children with Elon Musk, testified in the ongoing trial regarding Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI.
- Zilis stated that Musk wanted OpenAI to join Tesla and offered CEO Sam Altman a board seat at Tesla during discussions about OpenAI's corporate structure.
- Text messages and emails showed Musk working to recruit OpenAI talent to Tesla and a "funding freeze" impacting OpenAI.
- Musk accused Altman and Brockman of "stealing a charity" and considered creating a competing AI lab within Tesla, which did not materialize.
- Musk later founded a competing AI venture, xAI, which merged with SpaceX and is now known as SpacexAI.
- Zilis resigned from OpenAI's board in 2023 due to growing chatter about Musk starting a competitor.