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Elon Musk and Sam Altman battle it out in court, and the outcome could carry significant ramifications for how AI development is shaped.

Mira Murati, OpenAI's former CTO, has testified under oath that CEO Sam Altman lied to her about the safety standards for a new AI model. In a video deposition shown during the ongoing Musk v. Altman trial on Wednesday, Murati said Altman falsely stated that OpenAI's legal department determined a new AI model did not need to go through the company's deployment safety board. "As you understand it, was Mr. Altman telling the truth when he made that statement to you?" Murati was asked in the deposition. "No," Murati said. Murat said that during her tenure at OpenAI, Altman made her work more difficult. Her criticism "is completely management r … Read the full story at The Verge.

There is a particular kind of irony that the legal profession rarely gets to witness in such pristine form. In May 2025, Latham & Watkins a firm that routinely bills over $2,000 an hour for its partners and counts Anthropic among its clients filed a court declaration in Concord Music Group v. Anthropic that contained […] The post When Claude Hallucinates in Court: The Latham & Watkins Incident and What It Means for Attorney Liability appeared first on MarkTechPost.