SCOUT· 49%35m·2026-05-18·News PoliticsThe Courtroom Showdown Between Elon Musk and Sam Altman
For the last three weeks, a messy, dramatic battle has played out between two of the most powerful titans of tech in the world: Elon Musk and Sam Altman. As jury deliberations begin today, the technology reporter Mike Isaac takes us inside the courtroom drama and explains how a corporate dispute got extremely…
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“This is the clearist distillation of the American ruling class. A couple of unbearable egoist and liars fighting each other in court over who gets the spoils of overturning every bodies lives.”
“Everyone is caught up on how they feel about each person in this case, but the real question this case will decide is can you start a company as a non-profit, raise money as a non-profit, and then just change it when you want to. I personal…”
“The part I liked was when apparently one of Open AI's lawyers asked Elon 'what technical contribution did you make to Open AI?' which was apparently met with great anger. I just love that question because the answer is obviously nothing and…”
“There’s nothing altruistic about stealing copy-written works, robbing communities of water and causing noise & environmental pollution, or forcing the public to pay for these companies to connect to the electric grid, and doing everything u…”
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