Elon Musk’s worst enemy in court is Elon Musk

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She joined The Verge in 2014 as science editor. Previously, she was a reporter at Bloomberg. About five hours into Elon Musk’s testimony, I typed the following sentence into my notes: “I have never been more sympathetic to Sam Altman in my life.

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” Musk’s direct testimony was an improvement over yesterday — even if his lawyer kept asking leading questions to cue him in how to answer. But that memory was immediately obliterated by an absolutely miserable cross-examination. For hours, Musk refused to answer yes or no questions with yes or no, occasionally “forgot” things he’d testified to in the morning, and scolded defense lawyer William Savitt.

I watched a few jury members glance at each other. During one testy exchange, one woman was rubbing her head. Even the judge, who at times prompted Musk to answer “yes” or “no,” was having a bad time.

“He was at times difficult,” said Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers after Musk after the jury left the room. (At one point, when she’d cut off his argumentative answer, she got the biggest laugh of the day.

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