# OpenAI president Greg Brockman testified about his personal journal.

*genai · news · 2026-05-05 · Ars Technica*

## Key points

- Greg Brockman's personal journal, submitted as evidence, details OpenAI leadership debates from 2015–2023.
- Brockman stated the journal entries reflect stream-of-consciousness and sometimes other's viewpoints, not just his own.
- Key entries were written during Elon Musk's 2017 ultimatum over OpenAI's nonprofit-vs-for-profit future.
- Brockman claims most OpenAI value was created after Musk's departure and unrelated to initial nonprofit commitments.
- Brockman testified Musk admitted he'd compromise AI safety at Tesla to compete with Google after leaving OpenAI.

**Companies:** OpenAI
**Countries:** United States

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