00:00Day after day of courtroom testimony in the Musk v. OpenAI trial has been full of revelations,
00:05but Thursday's admission may be the most significant yet.
00:09Under direct questioning from opposing counsel, Musk acknowledged that no formal contract
00:14existed between himself and OpenAI when he made his early donations to the organization,
00:19meaning the terms he claims were violated may never have been legally binding in the first place.
00:24Musk told the court he gave money based on his personal reading of the company's charter,
00:29and it stated non-profit mission, offering the blunt explanation,
00:33if you make a non-profit, it's a non-profit. His own legal team then gave him a chance to
00:37clarify,
00:38and Musk said he had been verbally reassured by CEO Sam Altman and others that the charitable
00:44structure would be preserved. The case being watched closely across the technology and legal worlds
00:49could set a landmark precedent for how AI companies are governed and whether founding promises made
00:56in a non-profit context carry any enforceable weight.
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