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On Friday morning, lawyers representing Elon Musk, OpenAI and Microsoft will file into a federal courtroom in Oakland, Calif., where a judge will resolve some crucial questions that remain outstanding before Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI goes to a trial next month. Among them: whether Musk can rely on the testimony of his damages expert, an economist who says OpenAI could be on the hook for up to $109 billion if it loses the case.
The size of that potential payout from OpenAI, amounting to more than three.
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