Messages between Shivon Zilis and Tesla executives reveal plans in 2017 to start a rival AI lab, potentially led by Altman or Demis Hassabis.

Trading activity on Elon Musk's suit against OpenAI is the second highest out of all prediction market contracts related to the billionaire.

"I still really wanted to be a mum and Elon made the offer around that time and I accepted," she said, explaining Musk in 2020 had offered to donate sperm. "He was encouraging everyone around him at that time to have kids and he'd noticed I did not. He offered to make a donation," Zilis said.

This article discusses fertility, sperm donation, and private family matters raised in court testimony. Reader discretion is advised. Elon Musk’s legal fight with OpenAI and Sam Altman was already one of Silicon Valley’s messiest courtroom battles.

Shivon Zilis worked closely with Elon Musk while she was on OpenAI’s board. Her ties to the world’s richest man were detailed in a landmark trial on Wednesday.

Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI's Sam Altman features Shivon Zilis as a key witness. Zilis discusses her ties to Musk and denies leaking info.

Sam Altman and Elon Musk are facing off in a high-stakes trial that could alter the future of OpenAI and its most well-known product, ChatGPT. In 2024, Musk filed a lawsuit accusing OpenAI of abandoning its founding mission of developing AI to benefit humanity and shifting focus to boosting profits instead.

Questions about the dangers of artificial intelligence have been looming over the trial pitting Elon Musk against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman said he had a tense confrontation with Musk after there was a disagreement about potential equity shares in OpenAI.