Zilis Testimony: Musk floated Tesla-OpenAI merger in OpenAI lawsuit
In a high-stakes OpenAI lawsuit, Shivon Zilis testified that Elon Musk floated making OpenAI a subsidiary of Tesla, a plan OpenAI founders rejected; she also said Musk feared a talent war between Tesla and OpenAI and had recruited an OpenAI researcher to join Tesla before leaving OpenAI’s board, as Musk pursues damages and leadership changes in the case.
