Getty Images Gonzalez Rogers has indicated she wants jurors to begin deliberating on liability by May 12. The case, which traces OpenAI’s evolution from a nonprofit research lab to a company valued in the hundreds of billions of dollars, could have significant implications for the future of the organization and the broader artificial intelligence industry. The trial has already offered rare glimpses at Silicon Valley drama and is expected to expose more inside gossip and dirty laundry in the weeks ahead. Among the evidence that OpenAI has cited is a text exchange between Musk and then-board member Shivon Zilis just before Musk quit OpenAI’s board in 2018. Zilis, who has borne several of Musk’s children, asked him whether she should stay “close and friendly” with OpenAI to “keep info flowing.” “Close and friendly,” Musk replied, according to court documents. “But we are going to actively try to move three or four people from OpenAl to Tesla.” Filed under