Trending on X: Musk v. Altman Trial Opens with Jury Selection
What Happened
A nine-person jury was seated in the trial over OpenAI's conversion from nonprofit to for-profit. Sam Altman and Greg Brockman appeared in court; Musk did not. Several potential jurors voiced negative views of Musk and AI broadly during voir dire but said they could remain impartial. The case centers on whether Altman betrayed OpenAI's founding charter.
My Take
Forget who wins — the real story is the jury pool. AI is no longer a neutral technology in the public mind; it now polls like Big Tobacco circa 2002. That changes the operating environment for every executive deploying AI customer-facing. Expect plaintiffs' lawyers, regulators, and labor unions to read these jury sentiments and accelerate. The next two years of AI strategy will be shaped less by capability and more by how juries feel walking into a courtroom.
Read Original Source