Sam Altman was winning on the stand, but it might not be enough

May 12, 2026 Elizabeth Lopatto

A blurry shot of Sam Altman, double-exposed in red and cyan.
Who, me? | Image: The Verge; Getty Images

After two weeks of hearing from assorted witnesses that he was a lying snake, the jury finally heard from the lying snake himself: Sam Altman. At the end of the testimony, his lawyer William Savitt asked him how it felt to be accused of stealing a charity.

"We created, through a ton of hard work, this extremely large charity, and I agree you can't steal it," Altman said. "Mr. Musk did try to kill it, I guess. Twice."

Altman was fully in "nice kid from St. Louis" mode, and did a passable impression of a man who was bewildered at what was happening to him. When he stepped down from the stand holding a stack of evidence binders, he even look …

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