Elon Musk threatened OpenAI's Greg Brockman with public vilification if he did not drop legal claims against him.

Elon Musk warned OpenAI's Greg Brockman to drop claims or face being "the most hated men in America" \u2014 just days before his trial against OpenAI began. OpenAI alleges Musk tried to "coerce" a settlement. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/05/musks-world-war-iii-threat-in-twitter-lawsuit-haunts-him-at-openai-trial/ #AI #GenAI #Governance

Elon Musk warned OpenAI's Greg Brockman to drop claims or face being 'the most hated men in America' just days before his trial against OpenAI began. OpenAI alleges Musk tried to coerce a settlement. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/05/musks-world-war-iii-threat-in-twitter-lawsuit-haunts-him-at-openai-trial/ #AI #GenAI #Governance

Musk sent ominous texts to OpenAI's Greg Brockman and Sam Altman days before the trial, warning they would become 'the most hated men in America' if they did not settle his lawsuit. The messages were revealed in a court filing as the high-profile case gets underway. https://gizmodo.com/musk-seemingly-tried-to-strong-arm-a-settlement-out-of-openai-before-trial-2000754222 #AIagent #AI #GenAI #AIGovernance

Musk tried to settle the OpenAI case two days before trial. Then he promised to make Brockman the most hated man in America. https://thenextweb.com/news/openai-trial-brockman-journals-nonprofit-settlement

Elon Musk tried to settle before the trial — and got threatening. In response, Greg Brockman suggested both OpenAI and Musk drop their claims. Musk wasn’t interested. “By the end of this week, you and Sam [Altman] will be the most hated men in America,” he told them. OpenAI’s lawyers are trying to get the statement admitted to court as evidence that “Mr. Musk’s motivation in pursuing this lawsuit is to attack a competitor and its principals.” Court filing from Musk v. Altman et al