Back‘A consistent pattern of lying’: Musk v OpenAI trial exposes what insiders think of Sam Altman

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Guardian Business11.05.2026BusinessUnited Kingdom

‘A consistent pattern of lying’: Musk v OpenAI trial exposes what insiders think of Sam Altman

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The trial has exposed even more details about OpenAI’s fractious corporate past than previously documentedOpenAI, despite its name, is usually extremely secretive about its operations. It promotes a carefully crafted image to the world. Over the course of Elon Musk’s case against the startup and its CEO Sam Altman, however, the artificial intelligence firm has been forced to publicly contend with some of the messiest parts of its rise to power in public.The Musk v OpenAI trial, which on Monday entered its third week, has featured a who’s who of Silicon Valley testifying about OpenAI’s past and its CEO’s contentious leadership. Musk’s attorneys have used former executives, private text messages, diary entries and internal email exchanges to portray Altman as untrustworthy. Altman, who denies Musk’s allegations, will take the stand in the coming days. OpenAI has likewise issued denials. Continue reading...

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