{"id":2596431,"date":"2026-04-28T21:54:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T01:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-warns-against-terminator-outcome-in-openai-testimony\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T21:55:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T01:55:31","slug":"musk-warns-against-terminator-outcome-in-openai-testimony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-warns-against-terminator-outcome-in-openai-testimony\/","title":{"rendered":"Musk warns against &#8216;Terminator outcome&#8217; in OpenAI testimony"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmusk-warns-against-terminator-outcome-in-openai-testimony%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2596431&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Elon Musk testified Tuesday in his lawsuit against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, arguing that OpenAI has drifted from its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/usaid-helped-dems-steal-2020-election-by-funding-wuhan-lab-that-created-covid-the-ultimate-excuse-for-illegal-election-tampering\/\" title=\"USAID Helped Dems Steal 2020 Election by Funding Wuhan Lab That Created COVID, the Ultimate Excuse for Illegal Election Tampering\">original humanitarian mission<\/a>. Musk co-founded OpenAI with Altman but now objects to Altman\u2019s shift from a nonprofit model to a for-profit structure, saying financial incentives replaced the company\u2019s intended public purpose.<\/p>\n<p>In court, Musk warned about the dangers of unrestrained AI, saying it \u201ccould kill us all\u201d and that the moment AI could <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >surpass human intelligence<\/a> is nearing. He also emphasized his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jp-morgan-shareholders-hand-jamie-dimon-a-rare-rebuke-disapprove-52-6-million-bonus\/\" title=\"JP Morgan Shareholders Hand Jamie Dimon a Rare Rebuke, Disapprove .6 Million Bonus\">long-standing concerns<\/a> about AI and noted that he now competes in the chatbot space through his company xAI (with Grok),which is positioned against ChatGPT.<\/p>\n<p>Musk\u2019s complaint, filed in federal court in California, seeks to undo OpenAI\u2019s move to a for-profit model. OpenAI has responded to Musk by accusing him of harassment through lawsuits and public attacks, and the judge has previously reprimanded Musk for repeatedly posting about the case online.<\/p>\n<p>Musk additionally addressed Neuralink, describing his belief that AI-human \u201csymbiosis\u201d could help humanity, including through AI chips intended to support patients with unmet medical needs.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>X owner and Tesla CEO <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1412\">Elon Musk<\/a> took the stand to testify against <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/openai\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11146\">OpenAI<\/a> CEO <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/sam-altman\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11096\">Sam Altman<\/a> on Tuesday in his lawsuit against the ChatGPT parent company.<\/p>\n<p>Musk, who helped co-found OpenAI with Altman and a group of tech industry leaders, is suing his former business partner and company, arguing that OpenAI has deviated from the humanitarian mission it was initially founded on. Musk has taken issue with the fact that Altman transitioned OpenAI away from its nonprofit model to a for-profit company, arguing that Altman prioritized monetary gain over the original beneficial mission.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/4545603\/general-motors-bests-wall-street-expectations-500-million-tariff-refund\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>GM bests Wall Street expectations with incoming $500 million tariff refund<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/4544617\/foie-gras-pro-animal-dc\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Pro-animal group goes after foie gras in new proposed DC ballot initiative<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/4544016\/united-ceo-merger-american-airlines\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>United CEO takes merger with American Airlines off the table<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>In his Tuesday testimony, Musk warned of the risks of a world in which artificial intelligence is not restrained by humans to work for the good of mankind.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>\u201cIt could kill us all,\u201d Musk <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2026\/04\/28\/technology\/openai-sam-altman-elon-musk-trial\/3f246718-35cf-5beb-8c40-133daea6f810?smid=url-share\">said<\/a> about AI in his testimony. \u201cWe don\u2019t want to have a <em>Terminator<\/em> outcome. We want to be in a Gene Roddenberry outcome, like <em>Star Trek<\/em>. Not so much a James Cameron movie like <em>Terminator<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk told the courtroom that he has \u201cextreme concerns\u201d about AI and that the day when the technology could surpass human intelligence \u201cis approaching fast.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve had concerns about AI for a very long time,\u201d Musk said.<\/p>\n<p>Though the billionaire helped found OpenAI, he founded a new AI chatbot company of his own in 2023 tied to X called xAI. Musk\u2019s Grok and ChatGPT are now top competitors in the AI chatbot space.<\/p>\n<p>Musk\u2019s lawsuit, filed in the District Court for the Northern District of California, asks the court to roll back OpenAI\u2019s switch to a for-profit business model. The case has been assigned to Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, appointed by former President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/barack-obama\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"360\">Barack Obama<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMotivated by jealousy, regret for walking away from OpenAI and a desire to derail a competing AI company, Elon has spent years harassing OpenAI through baseless lawsuits and public attacks,\u201d a current OpenAI-run webpage devoted to the topic of Musk <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/openai.com\/elon-musk\/\">reads<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLadies and gentlemen, we are here today because the defendants in this case stole a charity,\u201d Musk\u2019s lawyer, Steve Molo, said in the courtroom on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The judge in the case had <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4546219\/judge-excoriates-elon-musk-posting-about-openai-case-threatens-gag-order\/\">reprimanded Musk<\/a> earlier this week after he repeatedly posted about the case on social media.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4544068\/elon-musk-lawsuit-against-sam-altman-could-change-ai-industry\/\">WHAT ELON MUSK\u2019S LAWSUIT AGAINST SAM ALTMAN COULD CHANGE ABOUT THE AI INDUSTRY<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Musk also addressed Neuralink, which is running clinical trials to implant AI chips in the human brain, in his testimony. The company markets the chip as a way to \u201crestore autonomy to those with unmet medical needs,\u201d according to its website. Musk sees it as a way to use AI to benefit humanity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we can achieve an AI-human symbiosis, we can achieve an AI that is better for humanity,\u201d Musk said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk testified against Sam Altman in his OpenAI lawsuit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3976,"featured_media":2596432,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-collage-uv2s3m1th-1777305580992-e1777426557922.jpg?1777293420&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[63768,32192,20164],"class_list":["post-2596431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-ai-policy","tag-elon-musk","tag-openai"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-collage-uv2s3m1th-1777305580992-e1777426557922.jpg?1777293420&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2596431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2596431"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2596431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2596435,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2596431\/revisions\/2596435"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2596432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2596431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2596431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2596431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}