Axios Analysis: 'In Musk v. Altman Trial, the Entire AI Industry Lost' — Internal Documents Exposed Gap Between Public Mission and Private Motivations

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Axios reports the trial exposed damaging internal dynamics regardless of the procedural outcome: OpenAI executives worried Musk 'could become a dictator,' Altman pleaded repeatedly to attend board meetings during his 2023 ouster, and OpenAI explored merging with competitor Anthropic. The core question — how much freedom nonprofits have to restructure after public commitments — went entirely unanswered. One observer summarized: 'Does anybody really believe that love of humanity is driving any of this? It's power.'