There you have it. Sam Altman took the stand in Oakland — and it didn't go well.
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There you have it. Sam Altman took the stand in Oakland — and it didn't go well.
Musk's attorney Steven Molo opened cross-examination with one question: "Are you completely trustworthy?"
Altman's answer? "I believe so."
Not yes. Not absolutely. "I believe so." JOKES WRITE THEMSELVES.
Then came the kill shot. Molo pulled up Altman's 2023 Senate testimony — under oath — where he told Senator Kennedy: "I have no equity in OpenAI." Said he was "only paid enough for health insurance."
Turns out? He has equity. An indirect stake through YCombinator. He admitted it on the stand — for the first time ever.
Let that sink in.
The man told the United States Senate he had ZERO financial interest in the company he runs. The same company now valued at $850 billion by private investors. And now — under oath again, in a different courtroom — he quietly admits yeah, actually, there IS a stake.
How is that acceptable?
It gets worse. Molo showed a slide listing companies OpenAI does business with — companies Altman had personal investments in. Including Reddit. Some of those companies were ACQUIRED by OpenAI. So the CEO was invested in companies his own company was buying. And the Senate heard "I have no equity."
The Ronan Farrow New Yorker profile already called him a serial liar. His own board fired him in 2023 — reportedly for the same reason. Now the GOP House Oversight Committee just launched a probe into his financial dealings ahead of OpenAI's IPO.
And somehow Altman's defense is "I don't think Mr. Musk understood how to run a good research lab." Brother — you told Congress you had no financial interest in the biggest AI company on earth. That's not a management disagreement. That's a credibility problem.
Musk wanted OpenAI to stay true to its nonprofit mission. Altman converted it into an $850 billion for-profit machine — while swearing under oath he had no skin in the game.
I built UnbiasedHeadlines.com to cover stories exactly like this — 50+ sources, zero spin, both sides. Full breakdown there.
Say what you want about Musk — but on this one, he's right.
You've been warned.
Source: https://lnkd.in/eDdWht4z
Musk's attorney Steven Molo opened cross-examination with one question: "Are you completely trustworthy?"
Altman's answer? "I believe so."
Not yes. Not absolutely. "I believe so." JOKES WRITE THEMSELVES.
Then came the kill shot. Molo pulled up Altman's 2023 Senate testimony — under oath — where he told Senator Kennedy: "I have no equity in OpenAI." Said he was "only paid enough for health insurance."
Turns out? He has equity. An indirect stake through YCombinator. He admitted it on the stand — for the first time ever.
Let that sink in.
The man told the United States Senate he had ZERO financial interest in the company he runs. The same company now valued at $850 billion by private investors. And now — under oath again, in a different courtroom — he quietly admits yeah, actually, there IS a stake.
How is that acceptable?
It gets worse. Molo showed a slide listing companies OpenAI does business with — companies Altman had personal investments in. Including Reddit. Some of those companies were ACQUIRED by OpenAI. So the CEO was invested in companies his own company was buying. And the Senate heard "I have no equity."
The Ronan Farrow New Yorker profile already called him a serial liar. His own board fired him in 2023 — reportedly for the same reason. Now the GOP House Oversight Committee just launched a probe into his financial dealings ahead of OpenAI's IPO.
And somehow Altman's defense is "I don't think Mr. Musk understood how to run a good research lab." Brother — you told Congress you had no financial interest in the biggest AI company on earth. That's not a management disagreement. That's a credibility problem.
Musk wanted OpenAI to stay true to its nonprofit mission. Altman converted it into an $850 billion for-profit machine — while swearing under oath he had no skin in the game.
I built UnbiasedHeadlines.com to cover stories exactly like this — 50+ sources, zero spin, both sides. Full breakdown there.
Say what you want about Musk — but on this one, he's right.
You've been warned.
Source: https://lnkd.in/eDdWht4z