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Elon Musk testifies OpenAI broke its charity promise and triggered an existential crisis for AI
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Published on 1 May 2026
The nonprofit promise he says they walked away from
Elon Musk, in his ongoing testimony tied to the OpenAI and ChatGPT dispute, repeatedly called OpenAI a “charity” and claimed key leaders, including Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, later reneged on an early promise to preserve the nonprofit model. Musk framed the shift as more than corporate strategy, warning it fueled an “existential” AI risk.
- Musk describes OpenAI as a charity in his testimony
- He alleges Altman and Brockman backed out of a nonprofit pledge
- The dispute centers on how OpenAI’s model evolved
- Musk portrays the changes as an existential threat
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