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Altman jurors didn’t get to see the trophy for themselves. by Elizabeth Lopatto Elizabeth LopattoSenior ReporterPosts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. FollowSee All by Elizabeth LopattoMay 14, 2026, 8:59 PM UTC Part OfLIVELive updates from Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s court battle over the future of OpenAIsee all updates Elizabeth Lopatto Elizabeth LopattoPosts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.

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Yesterday, in Musk v. Altman, before the jurors came in, Sam Altman’s team passed up what looked — from a distance — like a little league trophy. Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers had the lawyers read the inscription aloud for the press: “Never stop being a jackass.

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” It’s a commemoration OpenAI employees bought for research scientist Josh Ackiam, who testified yesterday. How exactly did this come up in a trial about nonprofit contract law? Allegedly, when Elon Musk was leaving OpenAI, he talked about wanting to race ahead of Google.

Achiam, who worked on AI safety, asked if that was really such a good idea. Musk called him a jackass. Years later, Musk is portraying his lawsuit as an attempt to avoid AI causing serious harm — something that, Altman’s team suggests, wasn’t high on his list of concerns back then.

During his own direct testimony, Musk denied the incident took place, saying that he might have said something like, “Don’t be a jackass. ”YGR ruled that the jurors would not get to see the trophy unless Musk’s team gave OpenAI a reason to introduce it, so they only heard about it. But now you can see it for yourself.

This advance offers important signals about the future of the sector, and the tech world is watching closely.