Musk’s AI empire is unraveling — the trial is just the beginning
AI Analysis
Summary
<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/05/Elon-Musk-AI-control.png?w=1600" /></div><p>On March 4, 2026, Elon Musk posted on X that “Tesla will be one of the companies to make AGI and probably the first to make it in humanoid/atom-shaping form.” Less than eight weeks later, under oath in an Oakland federal courtroom, he was asked whether Tesla has any concrete plans to pursue AGI. His answer: “No.”</p> <p>That single contradiction — between what Musk tells his millions of followers and what he admits when he’s facing perjury charges — captures the story of his decade-long obsession with artificial intelligence better than any timeline ever could. But here’s a timeline anyway, because the trial of Musk v. Altman is now exposing, under oath, what many of us have long suspected: Musk’s AI ambitions were never about safety, open access, or benefiting humanity. They were about control.</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://electrek.co/2026/05/06/musk-obsession-controlling-ai-tesla-agi-openai-trial/#more-466162">more…</a>
<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/05/Elon-Musk-AI-control.png?w=1600" /></div><p>On March 4, 2026, Elon Musk posted on X that “Tesla will be one of the companies to make AGI and probably the first to make it in humanoid/atom-shaping form.” Less than eight weeks later, under oath in an Oakland federal courtroom, he was asked whether Tesla has any concrete plans to pursue AGI. His answer: “No.”</p>
<p>That single contradiction — between what Musk tells his millions of followers and what he admits when he’s facing perjury charges — captures the story of his decade-long obsession with artificial intelligence better than any timeline ever could. But here’s a timeline anyway, because the trial of Musk v. Altman is now exposing, under oath, what many of us have long suspected: Musk’s AI ambitions were never about safety, open access, or benefiting humanity. They were about control.</p>
<a class="more-link" href="https://electrek.co/2026/05/06/musk-obsession-controlling-ai-tesla-agi-openai-trial/#more-466162">more…</a>