OpenAI Co-Founder Feared Elon Musk Assault in Court

OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman says he feared Elon Musk would physically assault him during a tense 2017 meeting. Here's the thing: Brockman testified in federal court in Oakland that Musk became visibly upset when his proposal for more control over OpenAI was rejected. Brockman vividly recalled thinking, "I thought he was going to hit me." What's interesting is that this heated exchange led to Musk stopping his funding for OpenAI, a company he helped launch in 2015. This testimony comes during the second week of a month-long trial involving Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman. The bottom line: This legal battle reveals the dramatic and personal conflicts at the heart of the AI industry's rapid evolution.