According to Insight Beat's monitoring, during the closed-door meeting that decided OpenAI's fate, what was everyone doing? Sam Altman's answer in court was: looking at memes.
Altman recalled on the witness stand a late-night gathering that took place at Tesla years ago. Tensions were high as the debate raged on whether OpenAI should be merged into Tesla. Suddenly, Elon Musk pulled out his phone, interrupted the proceedings, and proceeded to show everyone a meme he had saved, making them watch for a "very, very long time."
This absurd detail completely derailed the solemn court hearing. According to Intelligencer's on-the-scene report, the plot twist was so incredible that even the court stenographer couldn't believe his ears. He stopped transcribing right then and there, interjected Altman's testimony, and demanded that he repeat loudly: "What did you say? Memes on his phone?!"
