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Musk wanted $80 billion to colonize Mars, OpenAI president testifies at trial

The Japan Times·Deepa Seetharaman·6 months ago
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Greg Brockman, president of OpenAI, accompanied by his wife, Anna, walks outside a federal courthouse as the trial in Elon Musk's lawsuit over OpenAI's for-profit conversion continues, in Oakland, California, on Tuesday.

Greg Brockman, president of OpenAI, accompanied by his wife, Anna, walks outside a federal courthouse as the trial in Elon Musk's lawsuit over OpenAI's for-profit conversion continues, in Oakland, California, on Tuesday. | REUTERS

OAKLAND, California – OpenAI's president testified on Tuesday that Elon Musk supported transforming the artificial intelligence startup into a for-profit company, but wanted full control in part to help him raise $80 billion to colonize Mars.

The testimony by Greg Brockman came in the second week of a trial in California that could determine the future of OpenAI, which sparked a widespread ​craze over generative artificial intelligence after launching its ChatGPT chatbot in late 2022.

OpenAI plans to spend $50 billion on computing resources ‌in 2026, Brockman ‌said in court.

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