‘Their conspiracy to commit fraud and…’: Elon Musk shares OpenAI President Greg Brockman’s ‘personal files’

The legal war between Elon Musk and OpenAI just hot up as a federal judge cleared the way for a high-stakes jury trial. Hours after the ruling, Musk took to his social media platform, X, to reshare a post that are claimed to be the ‘personal files’ of OpenAI President Greg Brockman. According to the screenshots posted, the unsealed documents date back to 2017, and appear to show internal plotting for a for-profit transition years before the company’s public pivot.“They openly discuss their conspiracy to commit fraud and steal the charity,” Musk said in the post, pointing to the claim that he was told the startup remained committed to its non-profit roots. The document appears to reveal internal deliberations over financial gains, with notes allegedly referencing targets of $1 billion for individuals (allegedly Brockman) and expressing fears of being “dishonest” with Musk regarding the company's trajectory.The alleged documents submitted in the court claims that Brockman told peers that “This is the only chance we have to get out from Elon. Is he the “glorious leader” that I would pick? We truly have a chance to make this happen. Financially, what will take me to $1B? Accepting Elon's terms nukes two things: our ability to choose (though maybe we could overrule him and the economics.”“Cannot say that we are committed to the non-profit. don't want to sa hat we're committed. if three months later we're doing b-corp then it was a lie,” he also said, as per the post reshared by Musk.Another paragraph claims that after a November 6, 2017 meeting with Musk and Brockman, “Altman informed Musk that they remained committed to OpenAl's nonprofit structure. Brockman concluded that "another realization from [this meeting] is that it'd be wrong to steal the non-profit from him. to convert to a b-corp without him. that'd be pretty morally bankrupt. and he's really not an idiot." (Id.) Days later, Brockman further wrote under the heading "our plan" that "it would be nice to be making the billions" and explained that "we've been thinking that maybe we should flip to a for profit."Meanwhile, OpenAI already told its investors about “deliberately outlandish” that Musk may make during the legal battle.“Elon’s lawsuit remains baseless and without merit, and our team is focused on ensuring the jury sees these claims for what they are,” OpenAI said.