Musk testimony dominated first week Musk v. Altman. 'You can't just steal a charity'

musk spent three days on the stand in oakland this week telling a jury that altman and brockman stole his charity. "you can't just steal a charity," he said repeatedly. he claims the $38 million he donated to openai in 2015 was used for unauthorized commercial purposes. openai, now valued at over $850 billion, calls the allegations baseless. the trial started monday with a nine-person jury. opening arguments were tuesday. musk's testimony wrapped thursday. altman and brockman are expected to testify later this month. judge yvonne gonzalez rogers, an obama appointee, is presiding. musk said he started openai as a "counterweight" to google over ai safety concerns. he clashed repeatedly with openai's lead counsel during cross-examination, accusing him of lying. musk admitted it's "partly" true that xai used openai's technology to train its models, calling it standard practice. his lawyers are seeking up to $134 billion in damages and want altman and brockman removed from their roles. the liability phase is expected to conclude by may 21.