A jury will decide if Elon Musk's "stealing a charity" claims against Sam Altman and OpenAI are valid. The trial revealed a bitter feud, with testimony from tech leaders and private documents detailing OpenAI's history and restructuring.
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.
Shivon Zilis, former OpenAI board member and mother to Elon Musk's four children, testified about their relationship. She revealed a one-off romantic encounter with Musk, which evolved into a friendship and co-parenting arrangement after he proposed fathering her children due to her health concerns. Initially, Musk's paternity was kept confidential, with Zilis informing Sam Altman later.
I sat down in the Musk v. Altman trial courtroom today, painfully aware that no one was going to ask Shivon Zilis the question on everyone's minds: Girl, what the fuck are you doing? Zilis, who testified under oath that she is the mother of four of Musk's children, was… what's the best way to […]
Shivon Zilis is the mother of four of Musk's children. That relationship began as she advised OpenAI.
Zilis, an executive at Musk’s brain implant startup Neuralink, served on OpenAI’s board from 2020 to 2023Shivon Zilis, a Neuralink executive and the mother of four of Elon Musk’s children, took the stand on Wednesday as one of the most highly anticipated witnesses in Musk’s case against OpenAI. The ChatGPT maker has argued that, while Zilis worked with OpenAI between 2016 and 2023, she was also involved in a secret relationship with Musk, acting as an informant for him.Musk’s case against OpenAI alleges that the company’s CEO, Sam Altman, and president, Greg Brockman, co-founders of the company with Musk, broke a founding agreement when they restructured it from a non-profit to a for-profit enterprise. The Tesla CEO accuses Altman and Brockman of unjustly enriching themselves and wants both removed from their positions at the startup, one of the most valuable in the world. He is also seeking the undoing of the for-profit restructuring and $134bn in damages to be redistributed to OpenAI’s non-profit arm. Continue reading...
Zilis, an executive at Musk’s brain implant startup Neuralink, served on OpenAI’s board from 2020 to 2023Shivon Zilis, a Neuralink executive and the mother of four of Elon Musk’s children, took the stand on Wednesday as one of the most highly anticipated witnesses in Musk’s case against OpenAI. The ChatGPT maker has argued that, while Zilis worked with OpenAI between 2016 and 2023, she was also involved in a secret relationship with Musk, acting as an informant for him.Musk’s case against OpenAI alleges that the company’s CEO, Sam Altman, and president, Greg Brockman, co-founders of the company with Musk, broke a founding agreement when they restructured it from a non-profit to a for-profit enterprise. The Tesla CEO accuses Altman and Brockman of unjustly enriching themselves and wants both removed from their positions at the startup, one of the most valuable in the world. He is also seeking the undoing of the for-profit restructuring and $134bn in damages to be redistributed to OpenAI’s non-profit arm. Continue reading...
Elon Musk testified in the ongoing OpenAI trial where the company's lawyers claimed his partner Shivon Zilis acted as a 'covert liaison' between Musk and OpenAI after he left the board in 2018. Internal messages presented as evidence showed Zilis asking Musk in 2018 whether she should 'stay close and friendly to OpenAI to keep info flowing,' with Musk responding she should remain close. Zilis served as advisor from 2016 and board director from 2020-2023.
