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Elon Musk’s Lawyers Ask OpenAI’s President Why He Is Worth $30 Billion

NYTimes Technology • Mon, 04 May 2026

The legal team implied in a federal trial that Greg Brockman, OpenAI’s president and co-founder, was driven by greed rather than building safe A.I.

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The legal team implied in a federal trial that Greg Brockman, OpenAI’s president and co-founder, was driven by greed rather than building safe A.I.

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The legal team implied in a federal trial that Greg Brockman, OpenAI’s president and co-founder, was driven by greed rather than building safe A.I.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/technology/elon-musk-greg-brockman-openai-trial.html

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