Jared Birchall's testimony may have damaged Musk's case in OpenAI lawsuit
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Elizabeth Lopatto
The kind of bagel that ruins lesser bagels for you.
Summary
During Elon Musk's testimony in the ongoing legal battle with Sam Altman over OpenAI, a critical moment occurred when Musk's finance chief, Jared Birchall, inadvertently answered a question he wasn't supposed to while the jury was out of the room. The article describes this as a potentially major legal misstep by Musk's legal team, though the full consequences remain unclear. The piece is written from a first-person perspective by someone attending the trial, blending courtroom observation with informal commentary on the high-stakes OpenAI lawsuit.
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Most of his testimony was dull and seemed to exist primarily to get some documents read into the record, which sucks but is a normal part of sitting through trials.
But at the very end of his boring testimony something interesting happened. I believe we all got a surprise, something that rarely happens in courtrooms.
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