Check out more newsletters “The reality is, people don’t like him,” Judge Gonzalez Rogers replied. “Many people don’t like him. But that doesn’t mean that Americans cannot, nevertheless, have integrity for the judicial process.” Musk is seeking $180 billion in damages from OpenAI and Microsoft, pledging to donate any proceeds from a court victory to OpenAI’s charitable arm. He is also asking the court to restore OpenAI’s nonprofit status and remove Altman and Brockman from leadership roles. Musk’s testimony covered early discussions inside OpenAI about the potential to create a small for-profit entity to help with fundraising. Elon Musk, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and OpenAI staff, with an Nvidia DGX-1 supercomputer on the coffee table, appear in an undated photograph. via REUTERS A for-profit was fine “as long as the tail did not wag the dog,” Musk said. “I could have started it as a for profit and I specifically chose not to.” Musk’s attorneys pointed to one email indicating that Musk and Brockman agreed in 2015 that OpenAI should be created as a nonprofit. Sam Altman responded saying that a nonprofit was the way to go. Less than a month later, Musk’s attorneys said OpenAI was founded as a nonprofit. Filed under