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Elon Musk Warns AI ‘Could Kill Us All’ as OpenAI Trial Begins in California

Elon Musk took the stand Tuesday in his federal lawsuit against OpenAI, warning that artificial intelligence “could kill us all” as he testified against company CEO Sam Altman. The trial began Monday in Oakland, California, and centers on Musk’s claim that OpenAI defrauded him by shifting from a nonprofit research lab into a for-profit enterprise now worth hundreds of billions of dollars. Musk, 54, co-founded OpenAI and was an early investor before departing in 2018. He filed the suit in August 2024 and is seeking monetary damages, Altman’s removal as CEO and the conversion of OpenAI back into a charitable