Musk texted OpenAI's Brockman about settlement two days before trial began | Flipboard

Flipboard · May 04, 2026 · 375 words · By CNBC

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Musk texted OpenAI's Brockman about settlement two days before trial began Two days before Elon Musk's multibillion-dollar lawsuit against OpenAI was scheduled to head to trial, Musk texted the company's president, Greg … Related storyboards

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “CarPlay Ultra began rolling out in May to Aston Martin owners in the United States and Canada”

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No evidence was found after searching for this claim.

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Claim 2: “OpenAI accuses Musk of trying to “coerce” a settlement days before trial started”

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Web search results indicate that OpenAI filings detail an exchange where Musk sought a settlement and refused a counter-proposal, which aligns with the claim of attempting to 'coerce' or push for a settlement before trial.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The legal affairs of Elon Musk encompass the legal cases involving Elon Musk as the plaintiff, defendant, or concerning his companies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_affairs_of_Elon_Musk

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Musk Foundation is a United States–based charitable foundation funded and directed primarily by Elon Musk. The foundation is dedicated to promoting renewable energy, crewed space exploration, pedi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musk_Foundation

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 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

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Claim 3: “Supreme Court on Monday restored broad access to the abortion pill mifepristone, blocking a ruling that had threatened to upend one of the main ways abortion is provided across the nation”

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The provided evidence contains general Wikipedia entries about the US and the Supreme Court, but no specific information regarding a Monday ruling on mifepristone access.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_St…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Supreme Court of the United States is the country's highest federal court. The Court has ultimate—and largely discretionary—appellate jurisdiction over all federal courts and state court cases inv…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest-ranking judicial body in the United States. Its membership, as set by the Judiciary Act of 1869, consists of the chief justice of the United State…
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Claim 4: “In 2016, the “Godfather of AI,” Geoffrey Hinton, stood onstage at a machine learning conference in Toronto and declared AI would soon kill the [radiologists]”

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The claim is confirmed by a cross-reference and multiple independent web search results stating that Geoffrey Hinton declared in 2016 at a Toronto conference that AI would make radiologists obsolete.

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web search NEUTRAL — AI has made real progress. Today, roughly half of U.S. radiologists use AI in some capacity, and over three-quarters of FDA-cleared AI devices are in radiology.In 2016, Geoffrey Hinton predicted that …
https://www.auntminnie.com/imaging-informatics/artificial-in…

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web search NEUTRAL — In 2016, the “Godfather of AI,” Geoffrey Hinton, stood onstage at a machine learning conference in Toronto and declared AI would soon kill the radiology profession.
https://fortune.com/2026/05/04/godfather-of-ai-geoffrey-hint…

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web search NEUTRAL — In 2016, Hinton forecasted that A.I. would render radiologists obsolete within five years. This guess, as Hinton himself will admit, did not take place.
https://observer.com/2025/07/geoffrey-hinton-ai-risks-labor-…

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Claim 5: “OpenAI Claims Musk Threatened CEO Will Be “Most Hated Man in America””

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general information about OpenAI and Elon Musk's legal affairs, but none of the sources mention the specific threat that the CEO would be the 'most hated man in America'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Elon Musk has been actively involved in politics, particularly in the United States and Europe, throughout the majority of his business career. Despite historically donating to and voting for both Dem…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_activities_of_Elon_M…

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Claim 6: “Elon Musk contacted OpenAI president Greg Brockman to gauge interest in a settlement two days before their high-stakes trial got under way in Oakland federal court”

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Multiple independent web search results confirm Musk contacted Greg Brockman regarding a settlement two days before the trial in Oakland federal court.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bret Steven Taylor (born 1980) is an American computer programmer and entrepreneur. He led the team that co-created Google Maps, was the chief technology officer (CTO) of Facebook (now Meta Platforms)…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — German Americans (German: Deutschamerikaner) are citizens of the United States who are of German ancestry. They form the largest ethnic ancestry group in the United States, accounting for 17% of U.S. …
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web search NEUTRAL — The trial before U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland, California, began on April 28 and is expected to last several weeks, with a verdict possible by mid-May. Altman, Brockman and Mi…
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/elon-mu…

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Claim 7: “Musk texted OpenAI's Brockman about settlement two days before trial began”

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Multiple independent web search results confirm that Elon Musk texted OpenAI president Greg Brockman to gauge interest in a settlement two days before the trial began.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gregory Brockman (born November 29, 1987) is an American entrepreneur and software engineer. He is co-founder and president of OpenAI. He began his career at Stripe in 2010, upon leaving MIT, and beca…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Brockman

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