05/02/2026
Elon Musk just admitted under oath that xAI used OpenAI's models to help train Grok.
Yes. The same Elon Musk who sued OpenAI. The same one who accused them of betraying their mission. That Elon Musk. Under oath. In court. Saying his own AI company trained on their work.
This came out during testimony in the ongoing Musk vs. Altman legal battle. The case that was supposed to prove OpenAI violated its non-profit charter.
Instead, we learned that xAI apparently took a shortcut by leveraging the very models Musk claims shouldn't exist in their current form.
The AI industry moves fast. But the legal drama around it moves even faster. And occasionally, it produces moments of irony so thick you could train a language model on it.
Whatever happens in court, this much is clear: everyone in AI is building on everyone else's work. That's how the technology advances. The question is whether the legal system can keep up.
Musk just admitted under oath that xAI used OpenAI's models to help train Grok.
Yes. The same Elon Musk who sued OpenAI. The same one who accused them of betraying their mission. That Elon Musk. Under oath. In court. Saying his own AI company trained on their work.
This came out during testimony in the ongoing Musk vs. Altman legal battle. The case that was supposed to prove OpenAI violated its non-profit charter.
Instead, we learned that xAI apparently took a shortcut by leveraging the very models Musk claims shouldn't exist in their current form.
The AI industry moves fast. But the legal drama around it moves even faster. And occasionally, it produces moments of irony so thick you could train a language model on it.
Whatever happens in court, this much is clear: everyone in AI is building on everyone else's work. That's how the technology advances. The question is whether the legal system can keep up.