{"id":2795,"date":"2026-04-29T03:17:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T23:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/elon-musk-appeared-more-petty-than-prepared\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T03:17:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T23:17:12","slug":"elon-musk-appeared-more-petty-than-prepared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/elon-musk-appeared-more-petty-than-prepared\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk appeared more petty than prepared"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Elon Musk in front of a background of justice scales.\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Cath Virginia \/ The Verge, Getty Images\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/STK022_ELON_MUSK_CVIRGINIA4_G.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Today the first witness was sworn in in <em>Musk v. Altman: <\/em>Elon Musk. I was surprised by how flat he seemed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">This is not the first time I&rsquo;ve seen Musk in court. During his defamation suit, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2019\/12\/4\/20994895\/elon-musk-testimony-vernon-unsworth-tweet-negligence-la-courthouse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he turned on the charm<\/a> and the jury responded by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2019\/12\/6\/20998821\/elon-musk-wins-loses-twitter-defamation-trial-testimony-caver-vernon-unsworth-cave-rescue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">finding him not guilty.<\/a> Today he looked adrift and unprepared. The only times he showed real animation were when he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/ai-artificial-intelligence\/920048\/elon-musk-testimony-save-humanity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bragging about how much he&rsquo;d done for OpenAI<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The direct examination is a way of telling a story through questions; it&rsquo;s important to make the narrative clear. For a suit that accuses Sam Altman of straying from OpenAI&rsquo;s mission, Musk spent a weird amount of time talking about himself, recou \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/ai-artificial-intelligence\/920191\/elon-musk-sam-altman-trial-day-one\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today the first witness was sworn in in Musk v. Altman: Elon Musk. 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