At his OpenAI trial, Musk relitigates an old friendship
Elon Musk testified in his lawsuit against OpenAI, recounting a past falling out with Google’s Larry Page over AI safety concerns, which he said motivated the creation of OpenAI. Once close friends, Musk and Page grew apart after Musk recruited Google’s Ilya Sutskever for OpenAI, an act Page viewed as a betrayal. Musk’s testimony revisited personal history to underscore his commitment to OpenAI’s original mission. The trial marks the first time Musk has shared these claims under oath.
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In Brief Posted: 5:40 PM PDT · April 28, 2026 Image Credits:Jeff Chiu / AP Connie Loizos At his OpenAI trial, Musk relitigates an old friendship Among the most interesting parts of Elon Musk’s testimony Tuesday in his lawsuit against OpenAI wasn’t the charity he claims was stolen from him (we all knew that was coming). It was about an old friend. Musk testified that one of his core motivations for co-founding OpenAI was a falling out with Google’s Larry Page over AI safety — specifically, a conversation in which Musk raised the prospect of AI wiping out humanity and Page shrugged it off as “fine,” so long as AI itself survived. Page called Musk a “speciest” for being “pro human.” Musk called the attitude “insane.” That’s mostly notable given how close the two once were.
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