Proceedings have concluded for the day

The jury just watched a short video deposition of Sam Teller, a Musk employee and close associate. Once the video finished, proceedings concluded for the day.

Everyone is filing out of the courtroom. Court will be back in session at 8:30 a.m. PT on Wednesday.

--Ashley Capoot

Kolter concludes his testimony, leaves the courtroom

Witness and board member at OpenAI Zico Kolter arrives at the courthouse on the day of the trial in Elon Musk's lawsuit over OpenAI for-profit conversion at a federal courthouse in Oakland, California, U.S., May 12, 2026.

Manuel Orbegozo | Reuters

Kolter concluded his testimony after roughly 20 minutes of questioning. He spoke about his role at OpenAI, the role of its Safety and Security Committee and how the company evaluates the safety of AI models.

He said that he has been involved in two instances where there was a formal request for a delay before OpenAI released a model.…