Musk vs. Altman: Tech CEOs head to court over the fate of OpenAI

Elon Musk and Sam Altman speak at the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on Oct. 6, 2015, in San Francisco. Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Vanity Fair

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Two titans of the tech world will face off in court starting on Monday.

Elon Musk, of Tesla and SpaceX, is suing Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, in a high-stakes clash between former partners over the future of one of the world’s most influential AI companies.

Musk alleges he was duped when Altman transformed OpenAI from a nonprofit entity into

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