Microsoft Downplays Role in 3rd Week of Musk v. Altman Trial as Nadella Calls 2023 Drama Amateur City
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Updated · The Verge · May 13
Microsoft Downplays Role in 3rd Week of Musk v. Altman Trial as Nadella Calls 2023 Drama Amateur City
6 articles · Updated · The Verge · May 13
Microsoft used its courtroom turn to argue it was absent from the key decisions and confrontations at the center of the Musk v. Altman trial, distancing itself from the case’s most contentious episodes.
Satya Nadella’s most pointed testimony was his description of OpenAI’s 2023 board upheaval, when Sam Altman was briefly ousted, as “sort of amateur city.”
Evidence shown at trial included some Microsoft emails and texts about funding OpenAI and possible board candidates, but the company was largely missing from the message chains, diary entries and internal exchanges driving the dispute.
That stance contrasts with Microsoft’s status as an early major backer of OpenAI’s for-profit arm, underscoring its effort to present itself as a partner rather than a primary decision-maker in the conflict.
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