Business - Musk vs. OpenAI trial: Shivon Zilis testifies Musk wanted Tesla to take over OpenAI
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“In the second week of the trial pitting Elon Musk against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, former board member Shivon Zilis took the stand before judge and jury.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that Shivon Zilis took the stand as a witness in the trial between Elon Musk and OpenAI/Sam Altman.
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— The Musk family is a prominent family with roots in South Africa, Canada, England, and the United States, whose most famous member is businessman and entrepreneur Elon Musk, the wealthiest person in t…
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— Musk v. Altman is an ongoing lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in which Elon Musk accuses OpenAI and its executives, including CEO Sam Altman, of viol…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musk_v._Altman
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musk_v._Altman
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— Shivon Alice Zilis (born February 8, 1986) is a Canadian technology executive and venture capitalist.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shivon_Zilis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shivon_Zilis
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“Zilis is romantically involved with Musk as he is the father of her four children.”
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Multiple independent web search results explicitly state that Shivon Zilis and Elon Musk share four children.
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— Errol Graham Musk (born 25 May 1946) is a South African businessman, politician, and the patriarch of the Musk family. He was an Independent member of the Pretoria City Council from 1972 to 1980, and …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errol_Musk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errol_Musk
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— The Musk family is a prominent family with roots in South Africa, Canada, England, and the United States, whose most famous member is businessman and entrepreneur Elon Musk, the wealthiest person in t…
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— Shivon Alice Zilis (born February 8, 1986) is a Canadian technology executive and venture capitalist.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shivon_Zilis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shivon_Zilis
“Zilis's testimony that Musk wanted OpenAI to be a subsidiary of Tesla.”
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Web search results specifically report that Zilis testified regarding Musk's desire for Tesla to take over or for OpenAI to be a subsidiary of Tesla.
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— The Musk family is a prominent family with roots in South Africa, Canada, England, and the United States, whose most famous member is businessman and entrepreneur Elon Musk, the wealthiest person in t…
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— Musk v. Altman is an ongoing lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in which Elon Musk accuses OpenAI and its executives, including CEO Sam Altman, of viol…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musk_v._Altman
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musk_v._Altman
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— Shivon Alice Zilis (born February 8, 1986) is a Canadian technology executive and venture capitalist.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shivon_Zilis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shivon_Zilis
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“FIFA boss Gianni Infantino defends the 2026 World Cup's high ticket prices.”
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The claim is directly confirmed by a cross-reference from Al Jazeera and supported by the identification of Gianni Infantino as FIFA President in Wikipedia.
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— The following is a list of presidents of FIFA, the world association football governing body.
Presidents Daniel Burley Woolfall, Rodolphe Seeldrayers, and Arthur Drewry died during their term in offic…
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— The 2030 FIFA World Cup will be the 24th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament will b…
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— Giovanni Vincenzo Infantino (born 23 March 1970) is an Italian-Swiss-Lebanese football administrator and the president of FIFA since 2016. He has also been an International Olympic Committee member si…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianni_Infantino
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