Sam Altman is looking for SMS at Shivon Zilis, Elon Musk employee / mother of her child

Last year, Elon Musk continued his rival company from Sam Altman, Tech Superstar Openai. In his trial, Musk said that the company had violated the federal laws of racketeering because, after promising to remain a non -profit research laboratory, had since converted into a for -profit business. Musk, who initially paid tens of millions of dollars into the startup, says he was deceived. Openai and Altman have from the Cuition that Musk also wanted OpenAi to become a for -profit business. This week, the legal battle was refreshed with a notch, while Openai sought to bring them closer to the musk in the mixture.

Business Insider writes that Altman has now asked a judge to order Shivon Zilis and Jared Birchall to put the key correspondence in the legal case.

Zilis, a framework of the Brain-Computer interface startup of Musk, Neurup Neuralink, had four children with Musk via IVF. They met for the first time in 2016 when Zilis, who worked before for Openai, joined the company. Birchall, on the other hand, has often been described as “the man of the right hand” of the billionaire and his “fixer”, and often seems to be responsible for critical affairs behind the scenes (such as the management of his money), while treating less salty aspects of the management of the musk empire (such as interfacing with other women with whom children have had).

In addition, Birchall occupies several important executive roles in orgs linked to Musk. More specifically, he heads the family office of Musk, an excess, directs the Musk Foundation and is the CEO of Neuralink. The inclusion of the two musk allies in the legal case is described as follows:

As part of his defense against the racketeering trial in 2024 of Musk, Altman wants a judge in California to order Birchall and Zilis to put the key texts and emails in 72 hours. If one or the other blows this deadline, they should be required to sit for a preliminary additional deposit before their main deposits in the case.

The legal team of the CEO of Openai noted that communications with Zilis, in particular, should have relevance for the case. Bi reports that lawyers argued: “It was a conduit between Musk and the co-founders of Openai on questions at the heart of this case, including discussions on a potential restructuring of 2017 which would have given Musk a great participation in actions in Openai.”

The targeting by Altman of Zilis and Birchall, two people with close personal and professional ties with musk, could indicate a broader escalation of the legal struggle, because the two parties seek to obtain an advantage. “Birchall and Zilis should not be forced to sit for two depositions each,” said Musk lawyers. “If their texts and gmail cannot be produced in time, their deposits must be postponed.” Gizmodo contacted Neuralink, Openai and Tesla to comment.

The trial against Openai is the culmination of a longtime quarrel between the two billionaires. More recently, Musk continued Openai (with Apple) again, alleging that the two companies had complied with anti -competitive control in the AI ​​market.

The pursuit requires “billions” of damages. “The exclusive arrangement of Apple and Openai has made chatgpt the only generative AI chatbot integrated into the iPhone,” said the costume. “This means that if iPhone users want to use a generative AI chatbot for key tasks on their devices, they have no choice but to use Chatgpt, even if they prefer to use more innovative and imaginative products like XAI GROK.” In the past, Openai has characterized the dispute as “in accordance with the current harassment model of Mr. Musk”. Musk has also already tried to buy Openai, although Altman refuses it.

Where did the quarrel started between Musk and Altman began? God does not know that, but one thing is certain: it shows no signs of simmering. In time before, Altman and Musk were friends and business partners, but that all have imploded, and in recent years it has been worse and worse. Can this be retraced to the fact that Musk was once co-founder and member of the Board of Directors of Openai, but now, acrimoniously established with Altman, must be obliged to survive him without him? All we really know is that personal animosity has been transmogrified in a bad legal war which could ultimately hurt the two men more than that which helps anyone.