OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is trying to force the mother of some of Elon Musk’s children to hand over private messages as part of his ongoing legal battle with the Tesla and SpaceX chief executive.

Altman, whose company operates ChatGPT, has asked a California judge to order Shivon Zilis to turn over texts and emails within 72 hours, Business Insider reported. Zilis is an executive at Musk’s brain-chip company Neuralink.

The request is part of Altman’s defense in a lawsuit Musk filed against OpenAI and Altman. Musk co-founded OpenAI in 2015 but he left after clashing with Altman. He now alleges that the company has abandoned its founding promise to develop artificial intelligence “for the benefit of humanity” rather than for profit, pointing to its partnership with Microsoft.

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