Elon Musk Takes the Witness Stand 4/30/26
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🗓️ 30 April 2026
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| 0:00.0 | Elon Musk back on the stand this morning as part of his lawsuit against Open AI are Kate |
| 0:04.5 | Rune outside the courthouse in Oakland with the latest Kate. What do you expect today? |
| 0:09.8 | Hi, Sarah. So we've got Elon Musk on the witness stand right now. This is the fourth day of this |
| 0:14.8 | trial. Guys, cross-examination is continuing this morning after what was a fiery exchange between Musk |
| 0:20.5 | and Open AIIs lawyers yesterday. |
| 0:22.7 | That theme seems to be continuing based on what we've heard this morning. |
| 0:25.6 | The defense attorney repeatedly asking or telling Musk that it was a simple yes or no question |
| 0:30.9 | telling him to answer the question. |
| 0:32.3 | Musk though firing back repeatedly with your questions are not simple. |
| 0:36.5 | He said at one point point they're designed to trick |
| 0:39.0 | me musk has accused the opposing counsel of lying trying to mislead the jury as well there were |
| 0:44.4 | points at which they were talking over each other musk said may i speak and then went on to say |
| 0:49.7 | can i answer without you interrupting the judge intervene? This is Yvonne Gonzalez. Rogers, |
| 0:54.6 | the judge here, stepped in telling the two to calm down. That also is happening today. |
| 0:59.2 | She said, just answer the questions. That is going on right now behind us. |
| 1:02.9 | Must court argument, though, is that Open AI executives, he said, can't, quote, have your cake and eat it to. |
| 1:08.4 | He told jurors that CEO Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, |
| 1:11.2 | the president of Open AI, cannot keep the goodwill and legal protections of a nonprofit while also |
| 1:15.9 | reaping the financial benefits of a for-profit company. He said they should not get rich |
| 1:21.1 | off a nonprofit. That is not right. Musk said he was actually a fool, as he put it, to donate |
| 1:26.1 | $38 million to Open AI about a decade ago. |
| 1:29.2 | Microsoft, also a co-defendant in this case, it's $10 billion investment in Open AI. |
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