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Live updates from Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s court battle over the future of OpenAI

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A particularly “hair-raising moment” for Altman was a succession plan from Musk.

Altman asked what would happen if Musk died. Musk said, “I haven’t thought about it a ton, but maybe control should pass to my children,” Musk replied. We also see an email where Altman says, “I desperately want to see this work with Elon... but I am worried about control. I don’t think any one person should have control of the world’s first AGI.” He says he’d be open to creative structures - like Musk having control up to a certain milestone.

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