OpenAI trial: Brockman rebuts Musk's take on startup's history, recounts secret work for Tesla

OpenAI President Greg Brockman concluded his testimony on Tuesday, where he largely rebutted Elon Musk 's account of the early years of the startup and negotiations that occurred at the company. Brockman testified that he never made any commitments to Musk about the company's corporate structure, and he never heard anyone else make them. He emphasized that OpenAI is still a nonprofit. "This entity remains a nonprofit," Brockman said. "It is the best-resourced nonprofit in the world." The trial for Musk's lawsuit against the artificial intelligence company began its second week on Monday. Musk sued OpenAI, Brockman and CEO Sam Altman two years ago, alleging that they went back on their vow to keep the company a nonprofit. Musk testified during the trial's first week of proceedings, where he repeatedly accused Altman and Brockman of trying to "steal a charity." Brockman, who spoke from the witness stand in federal court in Oakland, California, over the course of two days, also revealed that Musk had enlisted several OpenAI employees to do months of free work for him at Tesla , Musk's electric vehicle company. That work mainly included efforts to overhaul the company's approach to developing self-driving technology there in 2017. During his two days on the stand, Brockman answered questions about his personal financial ambitions, his understanding of OpenAI's structure and Musk's involvement at the company, which they co-founded with other executives in 2015. …