AXIOS (Ina Fried) - Sam Altman rejects Musk's "stolen charity" claims in court showdown
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's first turn on the witness stand Tuesday sharpened the central fight in Musk's lawsuit: whether either man can be trusted to put AI safety ahead of money and control . Why it matters: The testimony showed how hard it is for any AI leader to claim the moral high ground while also fighting for money, influence and control. Driving the news: Altman rejected Musk's central claim that OpenAI and Microsoft had effectively tried to "steal a charity." - "It feels difficult to even wrap my head around that framing," Altman said. He argued that shifting to a for-profit structure was the only way to raise the amount of money needed to develop safe and powerful artificial intelligence. - Earlier in the trial, Musk offered a…