Stuart Russell (Musk's Only Expert Witness) Testifies AGI Arms Race Is Existential Risk at OpenAI Trial

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UC Berkeley professor Stuart Russell, the sole AI expert witness for Musk's side, testified that an unregulated AGI arms race between frontier labs poses existential risk. Russell argued that OpenAI's for-profit transition removes the nonprofit governance guardrails that were specifically designed to prevent racing dynamics. His testimony represents the academic safety establishment's first under-oath position on commercial AGI development.