Technology4 May 2026SEO 801 min read

Analysis: Elon Musk’s only expert witness at the OpenAI trial fears an AGI arms race

When do we take AI doomers seriously? That’s a key subtext of Elon Musk’s attempt to shut down OpenAI’s for-profit AI business. His attorneys…

When do we take AI doomers seriously? That’s a key subtext of Elon Musk’s attempt to shut down OpenAI’s for-profit AI business. His attorneys argue that the organization was set up as a charity focused on AI safety, and lost its way in pursuit of lucre. To prove that, they cite old emails and statements from the organization’s founders about the need for a public-spirited counterweight to Google DeepMind. Today, they called their only expert witness: Peter Russell, a Uni…

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